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PROJECT REPORT ON PACKAGED DRINKING WATER BOTTLING PLANT
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INTRODUCTION
It is needless to mention that water, a compound of Hydrogen and Oxygen is a precious natural gift
which is very essential for survival of mankind including animals. The water used for potable purposes
should be free from undesirable impurities. The water available from untreated sources such as Well,
Boreholes and Spring is generally not hygienic and safe for drinking. Thus it is desirable and necessary to
purify the water and supply under hygienic conditions for human drinking purpose. As the name implies,
the mineral water is the purified water fortified with requisite amounts of minerals such as Barium, Iron,
Manganese, etc which can be absorbed by human body. It is either obtained from natural resources like
spring and drilled wells or it is fortified artificially by blending and treating with mineral salts. The
mineral water shall be manufactured and packed under hygienic conditions in properly washed and
cleaned bottles in sterilized conditions.
MARKET POTENTIAL
Unfortunately sufficient safe potable water is not available everywhere in the country; either harmful
chemical substance is found in the layers of the earth which enter into water or it may be contaminated
due to pathogenic micro-organisms. If such water is consumed, the body suffers from water born
diseases. Due to this, it has become imperative to process and bottle safe potable water for the mankind
in prevailing conditions. The demand for purified water becomes more during summer season. Although
few companies have already entered in the bottling of safe potable water and mineralized water, but
still huge gap is there in between demand and supply at all metropolitan-cities and towns. The product
is widely accepted in offices, restaurants, railway stations, airport, bus stands, and hospitals and to some
extent even in rich house-holds. So there is good scope for establishing the units for processing and
bottling plain and mineralized drinking water in different parts of the country.
Processing and Bottling
Raw water to be processed is collected in tanks. A known quantity is pumped into the above tank where
the water is dozed with alum for coagulation with heavy metals or insoluble matters. The water after
coagulation is allowed to settle for an hour. The impurities may be removed by Reverse Osmosis
techniques also. The supernatant water is taken to the chlorination tank where primary disinfecion is
brought about by bubbling chlorine gas. The water is then passed through sand filters for trapping of
undissolved impurities. The water after sand filtration is passed through Carbon filters for removal of
odour, colour and also for dechlorination. It is then passed through series of micro fillers comprising of 5
micron, 1 micron and 0.4 micron filter followed by ultraviolet disinfection system for terminal
disinfection. Packing is done in PET bottles of 1 liter capacity through an automatic rinsing, filling, and
capping machine fitted with an ozone generator. The bottles after capping are shrink wrapped
(Optional) and packed in corrugated boxes of one dozen each. Quality control and standards The plain
drinking water has to be bottled in pet bottle as per IS Specifications (IS:14543:1998: Packaged Drinking
Water and IS:13428:1998ackaged Mineral Water). The details of the specification can be obtained
from Bureau of Indian Standard, Manik bhawan, 9, Bahadur shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110002.