How to Start a Pure Water Business in Nigeria

How to Start a Pure Water Business in Nigeria

The human body is composed of about 60% of water, which gives you an idea about the importance of water to the human body. For the cells, tissues, organs and systems to function optimally, a balance of body fluids is required, of which water is the largest component. Water plays a very crucial role in the existence of human life and also for a fact plays an important role in the existence of the earth. An investment in this business is therefore a wise and strategic choice.

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Much can be said about the importance and need of consuming water, but wait, there is a catch, and that is “CLEAN DRINKING WATER”. Even Africa is not left out in the search of clean drinking water, as one of the Millennial Development Goals (MDG), is for Africans to have access to clean drinking water.

The criteria for water to be labelled clean is that it must be odourless, colourless and tasteless. Sadly, most pure water sold in the country does not meet these criteria. Though the business is lucrative and profitable, yet to stand out from others, you must be ready to offer good drinking water, which is enough to spread the word about your business as consumers will refer your product once they taste it.

Starting up a pure water business in Nigeria could become mind boggling if proper research is not conducted. It is a capital intensive venture and wrong moves can lead to wastage and loss of funds.

This article therefore provides information on what you need to start a pure water business in Nigeria.

Business plan:

A business plan will include details of what you need to start up. Your operational goals, both long and short term, business strategies you plan to employ, risks in the business and strategies for mitigating these risks, major competitors, the structure of your organisation, market research, analysis of intended cost of the business, expected profit, management, marketing, business model should all be detailed in your business plan. A good and clear business plan will always give you an edge in application for an investment loan, so be sure to work with a professional when designing a plan for your business. As your business grows, your business plan can always be modified to accommodate new details. If you can not write a business plan, let us help you.

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Get a production site:

A lot of people produce pure water in their apartments, but this against the rule of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). Water is very important and its production should be handled as such. Not getting a production site that meets the specified standard will limit your chances of getting NAFDAC approval which is very important for your business. It is therefore advisable that you buy a land that is not situated near a cemetery, filling station, dump site or chemical factory, and have it fenced. You may be considering buying land in town, however if it is very expensive and there are alternatives of getting one outskirts of town that is cheaper, you may want to consider that, as long as the distance is reasonable and will not pose transport barrier. A bungalow should be built on your production site with at least six rooms:

• A production room.
• First storage room to store raw materials.
• Second storage room for finished products.
• Changing room.
• Administrative room.
• Toilet and bathroom.

Business registration:

Whether you decide to do franchise or you decide to start up a whole new business,  you need to register your business. When you start up as a new business, you will need a business name and a business logo. With so much names and logo out there, you will need to take out time to get your business name and register with the corporate affairs commission. You also have to register with NAFDAC. This gives you the right to run your business legally, helps to secure your business and allows you take a legal action against an individual or government whenever you feel your business is threatened.

Production Equipments:

Below are equipments needed to start up pure water business in Nigeria.

• Sink a borehole. This will give you unlimited access to water all the time. However, be sure to dig dip to ensure you get good water.
• Industrial water filters : There are different filtration methods used by different pure water production companies. The cheapest of them is the ultra violet bulb filtration method. This is the cheapest method of water purification here in Nigeria, patronized by small scale production companies, but not a very effective one.

Reverse osmosis distillation is another method of purification used in pure water production. It is very expensive to purchase and install. It produces water with a very high level of purity which makes it the more popular method in use for those that are able to afford it.

• Automatic sealing machine : This will be used to seal the nylons. The number you acquire will depend on how much production you are aiming at daily. Some can seal about 2500 nylons in an hour.There are more advanced automatic sealers, that does the whole process ( printing, counting, cutting, filling and even make bag for the pure water ). Though they are expensive, but once purchased can replace some human labour which will in turn help to reduce cost for staff maintenance.
• Truck: A truck is very important because it will be used to convey your products to areas for distribution. A good truck should be purchased that will be ably to carry a good number of bags of pure water at a time and will not breakdown easily or quickly.
• A good power generator is needed that will power all machines needed to function at the same time. Relying on PHCN will be a very huge mistake.

Employ staffs: They make up the backbone of your business. Your staffs will see to the day to day running of the business, and they can either  make you or ruin you. Pure water business is capital intensive, which makes it a serious business and as such only serious minded people and those who are able and ready to commit themselves to the job should be employed. Below are the human resource needed to man the business.

1. Production staffs : At least three packagers, one operator, at least one cleaner.
2. Marketing staff or staffs.
3. Administrative staffs : A manager and a cashier. For a start, the manager can take up the role of the cashier.
4. Security staffs.
5. Quality control and maintenance staff. This role can be taken up by a manger for a start if working on a tight budget.

Get your POS machine: The less cash you keep in your facility, the less issues you will have with security. A lot of people have debit cards, and find it easy to use their cards than carry cash or do online transfers.

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Pure water business in Nigeria is one of those businesses that you are sure to recover your capital and start making profits in no distant time even though it requires a huge capital to setup. One way to make your business grow fast is to have people register as distributors under your business. Pure water is cheap, which means almost everybody can afford it. It does not have seasonal period or peak period as every time is a peak period. People are constantly in search of clean drinking water and the profits from this business far outweigh the cost of setting it up. Though challenges of breakdown of vehicles and equipment exist, yet with constant maintenance and routine checks, this can be reduced to its barest minimum. Also, the challenge of competition exists which you can overcome by producing pure water of high quality, and your product testimony will attract more customers then you could ever have imagined. Staffs should be disciplined when the need arises, and dismissal should take course for continuous breaking of laws to prevent corruption of other staffs.

How long have you been nurturing that thought of starting your own pure water business? I think its time to put that thought and idea to work.

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