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Water Refilling Business Machines

When it comes to starting a business, a water refilling business is one of those that you can be assured of getting clients. One of the main reasons is because water is a necessity for life.  However not all water is clean for drinking. In Kenya it is estimated that about 40% of the population don’t have access to clean water. The other reason is because of the health conscious urban dwellers who are keen on consuming safe water. If you can find a strategic location to set up business in any urban centre, you are assured of daily clients. However for this business to thrive you need to know what water refilling business machines you will need.

What water refilling business machines you will need?

Water vending ATM

To succeed in water refilling business, you must invest in a water vending ATM. This is the main and most important machine you need for this business. A water vending ATM helps you to sell the right amount of water the client pays for as per the price setting you have set. It comes with a PLC unit that is responsible for:

Calibrating prices- A PLC is a computerized industrial control unit and stands for programmable logic control. It is responsible for sending commands to various industrial machines to tell them what to do when or at what speed or rate. They come in various forms, sizes and computing power depending with their intended use.

It is the PLC that helps you set the price you want to sell per litre. This price forms the basis on which other prices are calculated to determine how much water is equivalent to the amount of money the client pays for.

Sending commands to the pump- the PLC sends the commands to the pump on what amount of water to pump out after it has calculated the volume of water that is equivalent to the amount keyed in. It performs these calculations in microseconds. It works in a similar way to a petrol station fuelling machine. You just feed to machine with the money the clients wants to purchase water for and it commands the pump to dispense that amount of water.

Keeping sales records- the other function of the PLC unit is to keep sales records. It has a memory of its own which records each transaction. This can be very helpful in doing sales reconciliation and if you have employed someone to operate the business for you, you will not be worried that they might cheat on you.

Water purifier

A water purifier is an optional investment because you can opt to buy purified water. The downside is that purified water is more expensive to buy than when you are pumping your own water from your tap, well, borehole etc. this means even your profit margins are reduced and you will realize that in the long run you will recoup what you invested in a water purifier.

It also gives you the advantage of reliability because you can pump water at any times which means you will not be running out of stock at busy times when you have clients. The best water purifier and what we recommend is a reverse osmosis water purifier. This is because of its robustness and high efficiency. A reverse osmosis water purifier is able to purify water from different sources and produce best quality and stable water that is even suitable for some critical industrial and medical processes.

Before buying a water purifier, it is important that you get a water analysis report from an approved water lab to know the composition of the total dissolved solids (TDS) and other impurities in your water like fluoride so that you can buy the suitable water purifier.

Reliable source/supplier of water

As indicated earlier, there are several sources of water that you might have at your disposal. you can opt to buy purified water from a supplier who sells purified water and you resell at a mark-up or you can purify the water you have from your borehole, well, dam, river or tap water. Whichever option you go for make sure it is a reliable source lest you end up losing clients because you keep running out of stock.

Strategically located business premises with amenities

Any business that sells physical products and more consumer products that are used every day can’t survive in a business that is not strategically located. You need to be visible and easily accessible. Therefore when looking for a business premises to set up shop, make sure it is strategically located where there is a good population of people residing there and where they can easily access it. A good location would be within an estate on a front row shop where people pass by when going about their daily shopping or going to and from work.

Caps

Other very important items you need are the bottle caps for the sealing the water bottles after refilling to avoid spillage during transportation to the client’s house. These are mostly needed for sealing the 10litre and 20 litre refilling bottles.

Business operational licences

Any legal business in Kenya must have an operating license. Visit your county business licencing office to acquire the license lest you get into trouble with the authorities for operating unlicensed business. Since you are handling a product for human consumption, you might also be required to get a medical/health certificate. Ensure you have all that is needed.

Where to acquire the water refilling business machines

For high quality water vending ATMs, water stations and water purifiers, we recommend you buy from Saset. These are the leading manufacturers of high quality water refilling and purification machinery in Kenya. You can visit them in Ruiru at Kimbo Toll bus station next to Rubis petrol station or look them up on google search. Their website is www.saset.co.ke.

All the best as water refilling business endeavour.