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Globally, governments have set ambitious targets for universal access to safe drinking water and improved sanitation by 2030. Yet, most water utilities struggle from under-investment resulting in poor service quality. This leads to a vicious cycle of persistently low-cost recovery and weak creditworthiness even as population and economic growth increase demand. To address these challenges, utility managers need to focus on customers, cost recovery, performance efficiency, and financial viability. A shift to business thinking can be a catalyst to achieve these goals, and a simple tool like a business plan is a good first step. 

At a Business Plan Dissemination workshop held in Nepal earlier this year, USAID, through the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Finance (WASH-FIN) project, partnered with the Ministry of Water Supply to disseminate the experience of a Nepalese water utility in preparing its business plan. Participants from Kenya and the Philippines also contributed and highlighted their experiences implementing national WASH business plan guidelines.

The Nepal Experience 

In Nepal, USAID WASH-FIN is supporting the government to develop and test models for viable local/municipal WASH services in a new decentralized federal structure. The Surkhet Valley Water Supply Users’ Organization (SVWSUO) is representative of the challenges utilities are facing in Nepal and globally—a rapidly growing population, aging infrastructure, and increasing water scarcity. WASH-FIN supported SVWSUO in developing its five-year business plan to address these challenges. 

The process began with a rigorous financial and operational review to serve as a baseline. WASH-FIN facilitated the implementation of the AWWA’s Effective Utility Management approach to help SVWSUO identify six priority capital investment projects. The capital plan leveraged SVWSUO’s growing revenue with blended finance from the Town Development Fund , mixing loans and grants to implement the projects. Customer outreach and a tariff review uncovered inefficiencies, which were quickly corrected, thus improving cost recovery and opening up additional capacity for repayable finance. To implement the plan, the utility board and management received capacity building in governance and asset management. 

The result of the eight-month long process is more than a business plan—it is an improved model of service provision for Nepal that is oriented toward cost recovery, efficiency, professional management, good governance, and sustainability. The SVWSUO experience will be of value as the Government of Nepal embarks on a program to institutionalize business plans for more than 40,000 water schemes and 750 municipalities providing WASH services in Nepal. The government also presented its draft national water utility business plan guidelines at the workshop. 

The Kenya Experience

In Kenya, an independent regulator, WASREB, oversees licensing, performance monitoring, and tariff setting for county-owned corporatized water service providers (WSPs), while the Water Sector Trust Fund supports increasing services to the poor. Despite the World Bank’s support of an earlier effort to develop business plan guidelines for WSPs, the adoption was slow, in part due to confusion about why they were needed. WASREB worked with WASH-FIN Kenya to update the guidelines as part of a more comprehensive approach to institutionalize business plans. The updated business planning guidelines focus on improving the process, increasing credibility of providers with financiers, and improved performance. WASH-FIN supported the launch and rollout to providers. 

The Philippines Experience

Like Nepal and Kenya, subnational providers also play an important role in service delivery in the Philippines. In 2005, the USAID Philippines Water Revolving Fund (PWRF) supported development and implementation of comprehensive Business Plan guidelines for Local Government Unit providers. With generally good uptake, the PWRF mobilized more than US $200 million in commercial finance by 2013. The municipal-run utilities that were not targeted for business plans have been the worst performing. Having had limited success in encouraging municipal-run utilities to adopt business plans in the past, under the Unified Financing Framework program, the government is doubling down on incentives for municipalities—business plans will be required to be eligible for capital grants, and to conform to the tariff-setting methodology.

Replicability in Other Countries

In addition to Nepal and Kenya, WASH-FIN is working on business plans for water operators in Cambodia and sanitation service providers in Senegal ; in each instance the activity has helped operators overcome barriers to access new sources of local finance. In general, countries that work hard to strengthen water sector governance, build professional water institutions, and mobilize new sources of finance see the most progress. Business plans are a proven and effective means to support these objectives and facilitate a country’s progress on the path to self-reliance in water service delivery. 

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Access to clean water and proper sanitation facilities is a basic human right, yet millions of people around the world still lack these essentials. That's why water and sanitation organizations need a strategic plan that ensures efficient and effective initiatives to address this global issue.

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When creating a Water and Sanitation Strategic Plan, you'll benefit from using a template that provides structure and guidance. Here are some of the advantages of using the Water and Sanitation Strategic Plan Template:

• Streamlining the planning process and saving time
• Ensuring alignment with industry best practices and standards
• Facilitating collaboration and communication among team members and stakeholders
• Tracking progress and performance towards water and sanitation goals
• Enhancing accountability and transparency in the implementation of the plan

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Developing a water and sanitation strategic plan is essential for ensuring the efficient management of resources and promoting sustainable practices. Follow these five steps to effectively use the Water and Sanitation Strategic Plan Template in ClickUp:

1. Assess current water and sanitation infrastructure

Start by assessing the current state of your water and sanitation infrastructure. This includes evaluating the condition of existing facilities, identifying any gaps in service coverage, and understanding the needs of the community or organization.

Use custom fields in ClickUp to create a comprehensive checklist for assessing infrastructure, including categories such as water supply, wastewater treatment, and sanitation facilities.

2. Set goals and objectives

Based on the assessment, set clear and measurable goals and objectives for your water and sanitation strategic plan. These goals should align with broader sustainability and development objectives, such as improving access to clean water or reducing water wastage.

Create tasks in ClickUp to outline each goal and assign them to relevant team members responsible for their implementation.

3. Develop action plans

Break down each goal into specific action plans that outline the steps needed to achieve them. This may include activities such as implementing water conservation programs, upgrading infrastructure, or conducting public awareness campaigns.

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4. Monitor progress and performance

Regularly monitor the progress and performance of your water and sanitation strategic plan to ensure that you're on track to achieve your goals. Collect data on key performance indicators such as water quality, service coverage, and customer satisfaction.

Utilize Automations in ClickUp to set up reminders and notifications for data collection, analysis, and reporting to streamline the monitoring process.

5. Review and adapt

Periodically review the effectiveness of your water and sanitation strategic plan and make necessary adjustments based on changing circumstances or new insights. Engage stakeholders, gather feedback, and evaluate the impact of implemented actions to continuously improve the plan's outcomes.

Use the Dashboard view in ClickUp to gather and visualize key performance metrics, allowing for easy review and analysis of the plan's effectiveness.

By following these steps and utilizing the features of ClickUp, you can effectively use the Water and Sanitation Strategic Plan Template to ensure the sustainable management of water resources and promote sanitation practices.

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Water and sanitation organizations can use this Water And Sanitation Strategic Plan Template to help create a comprehensive plan to improve access to clean water and sanitation facilities in a specific region or community.

First, hit “Add Template” to sign up for ClickUp and add the template to your Workspace. Make sure you designate which Space or location in your Workspace you’d like this template applied.

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• Use the Progress View to track the overall progress of the plan and identify areas that need attention
• The Gantt View will help you visualize the timeline of your strategic plan and ensure tasks are properly scheduled
• Use the Workload View to balance the workload of team members and allocate resources effectively
• The Timeline View will provide a clear overview of the milestones and deadlines of your plan
• The Initiatives View will help you track specific initiatives and their progress towards achieving the goals of the plan
• Refer to the Getting Started Guide View to understand the template structure and get started on creating your strategic plan
• Organize tasks into five different statuses: Cancelled, Complete, In Progress, On Hold, To Do, to keep track of progress
• Update statuses as you progress through tasks to keep stakeholders informed of progress
• Monitor and analyze tasks to ensure maximum productivity.

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Explore perspectives, what is a perspective.

Perspectives are different frameworks from which to explore the knowledge around sustainable sanitation and water management. Perspectives are like filters: they compile and structure the information that relate to a given focus theme, region or context. This allows you to quickly navigate to the content of your particular interest while promoting the holistic understanding of sustainable sanitation and water management.

Sanitation as a Business

Executive Summary

Lack of sanitation is a major risk factor, especially for people in developing countries. Problems with sanitation services have led to the increasing awareness that the private sector is needed to tackle sanitation service problems. Sanitation business is about investing in solutions for sanitation problems by offering different sanitation products and services at appropriate prices. Improved sanitation is considered to be a huge market for private businesses, since 2,6 billion people or 41% of the world population until now do not have access to services (WBCSD 2008). This factsheet offers information on how to start a sanitation business to make use of this business opportunity.

Introduction

Lower-income countries have traditionally supported their public water and sanitation providers through budgetary grants (from taxes) and low-cost loans (supported via transfers), not expecting or requiring full cost recovery. The result has usually been a poor quality of service, accessed mainly by higher-income households with governmental support nearly always less than anticipated leading to weaknesses in operations and maintenance (WPP 2010).

Sanitation has become a global issue and the private sector  has the responsibility to be part of the solution (WBCSD 2008). Sanitation is regarded to be a very profitable business with an estimated economic return of about 10 USD for every 1 USD invested (WBCSD 2008). Therefore, improved sanitation is both a contribution to sustainability and good for business.

The Private Sector as Provider of Sanitation Products and Services

Generally, the private sector consists of:

• Individual entrepreneurs that usually engage in offering simple products and services that do not require high investments. For instance, repairing and installation of water pipes , toilets and bathrooms. They can act as masons, plumbers and traders and thus generate income.
• Small and Medium size Enterprises (SMEs) differ from individual entrepreneurs in the number of employees and turnover, which is much bigger than that of individual entrepreneurs.
• Large companies are bigger than SMEs and also differ in the number of employees and turnover. They engage in offering more sophisticated sanitation products and services.

Steps for Starting a Sanitation Business

Like every business, building up a business in the sanitation sector requires 3 main steps:

1. Generation of Business Idea

Any idea that includes provision of products and services that is associated with the collection , transport , treatment, recycling and safe disposal of human waste, wastewater, storm water and garbage is considered to be a business idea for sanitation business (WBCSD 2008).

2. Collecting Data

This step helps to develop a business plan, which can afterwards be implemented.

• Market research:Like any other kind of business, sanitation business starts with a market analysis. Sanitation market analysis is about collecting information on potential customers' preferences regarding sanitation services and products in particular and the sanitation market in general. Such kind of analysis helps to identify customers' behaviour, location, purchasing power and also specific preferences about sanitation products or services. It does also help to identify competitors and partners, suppliers and distributors, future market trends, etc.
• Business legislation analysis:This information helps to identify the legal form of the business, business registration, procedures of taxation and customs procedures (see also policies and legal framework ).
• Business management :In this stage you should consider different questions of business management such as “do I have the necessary business management skills to start and run a new business?”, “what form of business should I register?”, “do I have the capacity to manage human resources ?”, “which kind of human resources do I need?”
• Financial planning:Financial planning helps to determine the preliminary costs of investments and future benefits of the sanitation business. It is also important for calculating the price of your product or service. Financial planning usually prevents to offer the products and services at a price below the operating margin and helps to control the financial resources (see also microfinance and donor agencies ).

3. Implementation Stage

(Adapted from EBDSN 2004)

After gathering information about the intended business it is time to implement your business, which includes the following activities:

• Business planning : Business planning includes information about sales and marketing, production of products and services (cost calculation, infrastructure, and equipment), management of the business and financial plan.
• Financing : This is about generating own funds, and applying for loan funds from family, friends, and banks.
• Administrative procedures:This step includes choosing the legal form of business, hiring staff, and taxation.
• Infrastructure: This step is about choosing a location, making contracts about renting premises or leasing equipment, arranging electricity and transport facilities.
• Making partnerships  with suppliers:Find suppliers and compare prices of their products such as equipment, raw material, transport facilities and make contracts with suppliers.
• Product and service development: This is about developing product ranges, packaging and pricing and improving the quality of your products and services.
• Business management : It is about implementing accounting, human resources management, capacity building of the employees and the owner, stock management and management of services.
• Marketing : Sanitation marketing refers to social marketing efforts that affect a behavioural change at individual and household levels. It also assures the awareness of people about the benefits of sanitation products and services. Consequently, this stimulates demand and ensures that people can get what they want at a price they are willing to pay (JENKINS & SCOTT 2010). For promoting sanitation business it is also important to take the marketing mix into consideration and position the business accordingly. The marketing mix consists of the 4 P's: Product, Prize, Place and Promotion.

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The success of business also depends on whether the country provides an enabling environment. An enabling environment is about infrastructure, access to finance and business development services as well as provision of effective business regulations. In developing countries it is often very hard to do business because of difficult business environments.

Another challenge with big companies is the issue of privatisation . Usually, privatisation of former publicly owned sectors or utilities raises concerns. Privatisation of the water and sanitation sector of a town, community or even a whole country, causes more than only concerns – it raises fierce protests and sometimes even violent opposition (QUEHENBERGER 2008).

Sanitation has become a global issue and the private sector has the responsibility to be part of the solution (WBCSD 2008). Sanitation is regarded to be a very profitable business with an estimated economic return of about 10 USD for every 1 USD invested (WBCSD 2008). Therefore, improved sanitation is both a contribution to sustainability and good for business.

It is very important to consider that every country has its own business regulations, which include the legal form of the business, registration, taxation, employment of people, etc. It is recommended to analyse the legal form of the business before starting up a business.

Toolkit: Start and Improve Your Business

Contractual design and renegotiation in water privatisation, the idea: sanergy, sanitation marketing for managers.

This manual provides guidance and tools for designing a sanitation marketing program. It guides professionals in the fields of sanitation and marketing to comprehensively assess the current market for sanitation products and services and to use the results of this assessment to design a multi-pronged sanitation marketing strategy.

It is Time for Business to Act

This article is a call for business to take action internally and to influence others to act urgently to give improved sanitation the priority of it need. It presents a set of case studies in which private companies and entrepreneurs have contributed to improve the situation in different part of the world and at the same time, have created profit.

Guidelines for User Fees and Cost Recovery for Rural Non Networked Water and Sanitation Delivery

These guidelines have been prepared to assist member countries and investors working in project formulation and appraisal, sector and policy analysis in the water supply, sanitation, irrigation and related agricultural projects. The guidelines acknowledge the widely held view that water is both a social and economic good and have been designed to assist all stakeholders in the implementation of sustainable services which support all consumers and users of water.

Guidelines for User Fees and Cost Recovery for Rural, Non-Networked, Water and Sanitation Delivery

Financing water: investing in sustainable growth.

This policy perspective summarises key messages about the economic case for water investment, the barriers to investment and the financing gap. It charts a course for action to better value water and to facilitate water investment at scale. The Roundtable on Water Financing, a joint initiative of the OECD, the World Water Council and the Netherlands, will continue to deepen the evidence base and broaden engagement on these issues.

Sanitation Marketing Dashboard

Consultant-led sanitation marketing surveys typically take months to produce a thick report with largely impractical recommendations. The IRC International Water and Sanitation is developing a field tool that delivers, within just one week, a one-page overview matching sanitation supply and demand. The tool, a sanitation marketing dashboard, was tested in two unions covered by the BRAC WASH II programme in Bangladesh.

Sanitation as a Business: A new spin on the challenge of Sanitation Operation and Maintenance

This paper describes Sanitation as a Business as an innovative approach to operation and maintenance challenges in household sanitation improvements.

Opportunities for Sanitation Market in Uganda. The publication was prepared by the Academy for Educational Development's Hygiene for review by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

In October 2007, a team of consultants from the USAID–funded Hygiene Improvement Project (HIP) visited Uganda to determine if sanitation marketing (SM) would be a viable approach in Uganda, and to make specific recommendations to HIP and the donor community that would move the sanitation marketing agenda forward. This report presents the key findings and recommendations stemming from the trip.

Economic Aspects of Sanitation in Developing Countries

This paper reports and discusses currently available evidence on the economic aspects of sanitation, including the economic impacts of unimproved sanitation and the costs and economic benefits of some common improved sanitation options in developing countries.

The fact sheet describes sanitation as a good business opportunity. The challenge is to find and identify effective, scalable, and sustainable sanitation solutions with economic attractiveness and allocate investments and funds to be able to implement the projects. This process needs to be guided by experts of marketers and designers and can effectively supported by the central and local governmental agencies and NGOs.

Sanitation Markets

The "sanitation economics" approach used throughout the paper consists of applying economic principles, approaches and tools to evaluate a number of "sanitation markets" alongside the sanitation value chain. Each segment of the sanitation value chain can be conceived as a separate "sanitation market", with different actors demanding and providing sanitation services.

Sanitation is a Business. Approaches for demand-oriented policies

Until now, sanitation has been seen as an unpopular “obligation”, a headache and an unwelcome burden for more successful water programmes. But the case for meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) in sanitation is overpowering and can only be achieved if the private sector becomes more involved in sanitation. Under the new paradigm, sanitation has to be seen as an opportunity – actually, as a business.

Tapping the Market - Opportunities for Domestic Investments in Water for the Poor

To improve access to safe water, particularly by the poor, developing country governments and the international development community are looking to the domestic private sector to play an expanded role. This report examines piped water schemes in rural areas of Bangladesh, Benin, and Cambodia and concludes that in the three study countries, un-served people could increasingly rely on service provision through the domestic private sector as the potential market the domestic private sector could be serving is very large.

Tapping the Market - Opportunities for Domestic Investments in Sanitation for the Poor

To improve access to sanitation, particularly by the poor, developing country governments and the international development community are looking to the domestic private sector to play an expanded role. This report examines private sector provision of on-site sanitation services in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Peru, and Tanzania and concludes that in the study countries, un-served people could increasingly rely on service provision through the domestic private sector as the potential market the domestic private sector could be serving is very large.

Achieving Sustainability. Guiding Entrepreneurs to Independence

Supporting entrepreneurs to start up viable sanitation businesses can be relatively straightforward. However, challenges typically arise in the transition from donor-supported start-up to true independence. This note looks at the obstacles that need to be overcome in growing start-up businesses to become fully self-sustaining, and discusses how progress can be made.

Sanitation as a Business (Issue 5)

This Sustainable Sanitation Practice (SSP) issue contains the following contributions: 1. Mushroom Production in Bolivia, 2. Community Human Waste Management, 3. Austria vs. East Africa - Analysis of Solid Waste and Wastewater Sector, 4. Financing the Invisible Entrepreneur, 5. Establishing a World Trade Hub for the Urban Poor.

Improved Sanitation and its Impact on Children

The introduction of adequate sanitation can provide a range of health advantages and other positive benefits to households and communities. This case examines the impacts a for-profit enterprise, providing sanitation services to the Base of the Pyramid, has on children and pregnant women and how these impacts can be enhanced.

Doing Business - Measuring Business Regulations

This website provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 183 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional level. It also offers detailed subnational reports, which cover business regulation and reform in different cities and regions within a nation. These reports provide data on the ease of doing business, rank each location, and recommend reforms to improve performance in each of the indicator areas.

Building Partnerships for Development in Water and Sanitation

Building Partnerships for Development is a worldwide network of partners involving government, business, civil society and donors.

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Water Supply Business Plan [Sample Template]

By: Author Tony Martins Ajaero

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Do you want to start a water supply company and need to write a plan? If YES, here is a sample water supply business plan template & feasibility report . 

Water is one of the commodities in our world that doesn’t have any substitute. If you want to take a bath; you use water. If you want to quench your thirst; you need water. If you want to fix a meal; you need water. The need for water could go on and on.

This points to the fact that clean water is as important as the air we breathe and it will continue to be in demand globally. The essence of going into any business is to solve a problem . Thus going into the water supply business would surely help you solve the challenges of people who don’t have access to clean water.

If you are certain that starting a water supply business is what you truly want to do after you must have conducted your market research and feasibility studies, then the next step to follow is to write a good business plan ; a detailed blueprint of how you intend raising your seed capital, setting up the business, managing the flow of the business, sorting out tax and marketing.

Here is a sample water supply business plan template that will help you to successfully write yours without stressing yourself.

A Sample Water Supply Business Plan Template

1. industry overview.

Water is an essential commodity in all ramifications of life and as such the Public Health Department ensures that all water supply businesses meet certain health and safety standards. It’s important to note that if the water in a community is contaminated; it can result to epidemic in that community.

You will be required to obtain a license before you are permitted to drill a bore hole for your water supply business. This measure is guard against people drilling boreholes in places that are prone to earthquakes and tremors or places that have sanitary issues.

Your choice of location would be supervised and screened before you can be issued the permission to go ahead. Establishments in the water supply business sell water as a public utility to households, businesses and public entities throughout the united states.

Water supply businesses have performed well over the decade. Population growth, as well as occurrence of drought and other hostile weather conditions, have indeed increased demand for water supplied by industry operators .

Going forward, per capita water consumption is projected to decline, as increasing concerns regarding water conservation drive policy aimed at reducing consumption. Nonetheless, while per capita consumption rates are expected to depreciate, cumulative water consumption is projected to expand as the population and economy grow.

The Water Supply and Irrigation Systems industry is a thriving sector of the economy of the United States of America and they generate over $79 billion annually from more than 62,187 registered and licensed water supply and irrigation companies in the country.

The industry is responsible for the employment of over 244,122 people. Experts project the Water Supply and Irrigation Systems industry to grow at a 0.8 percent annual rate between 2013 and 2018. American Water Works Company Inc. has the lion share of the available market in the United States.

A recent report published by IBISWorld shows that the Water Supply and Irrigation Systems industry has performed well over the past five years.

Despite more efficient use of water, population growth, drought and other adverse weather conditions have increased demand for water supplied by industry operators. In addition, economic growth has expanded water demand from both downstream commercial and industrial customers.

Increased business activity has increased the amount of water demanded from retailers, restaurants and other commercial customers. Growth in manufacturing and other industrial activities, which often require copious amounts of water, have also increased demand for water.

The report further shows that over the past five years, the Water Supply & Irrigation Systems in the US industry has grown by 0.8 percent to reach revenue of $79bn in 2018. In the same timeframe, the number of businesses has grown by 1.5 percent and the number of employees has grown by 1.6 percent.

In summary, water supply business is a profitable industry and it is open for any aspiring entrepreneur to come in and establish his or her business; you can choose to start on a small scale servicing a community or you can choose to start on a large scale with several outlets in key cities in the United States of America.

2. Executive Summary

Mark Warren® Water Supply, Inc. is a licensed water supply company that will be located in a residential area, 5 miles away from First Avenue – Cherry Creek, Denver, USA.

We have been able to secure a facility in a strategic location, with an option of long – term renewal on an agreed terms and conditions that are favorable to us. The facility has government approval for the kind of business we want to run and it is easily accessible.

We are in the water supply business to sale and supply treated water to residential apartment, offices, construction sites and industrial plants. We are also in business to make profits and at the same time to give our customers value for their money.

We are aware that there are several water supply, water purification businesses and even water refill stations scattered all around Cherry Creek – Denver which is why we spent time and resources to conduct our feasibility studies and market survey.

We ensured that our facility is easy to locate and we have mapped out plans to develop a wide supply network for offices, construction sites and manufacturing plants all around Cherry Creek – Denver and neighboring cities.

Much more than selling and supplying purified and treated water, our customer care is going to be second to none. We know that our customers are the reason why we are in business which is why we will go the extra mile to get them satisfied with our services.

We have a CRM software that will enable us manage a one on one relationship with our customers no matter how large they are. We will ensure that we get our customers involved when making some business decisions that will directly or indirectly affect them.

Mark Warren® Water Supply, Inc. is owned and managed by Mark Warren. Mark Warren who is the Manager of the Company has a Degree in Water Resources from Denver State University. He has over 14 years’ experience working in related industry as a senior manager prior to starting Mark Warren® Water Supply, Inc. He will be working with a team of experienced employees to build the business .

3. Our Products and Services

We are in the water supply business to sale and supply treated water to households, offices, construction sites and industrial plants via our hygienic water supply tankers and we are going to do all that is permitted by the law in the United States of America to achieve our business goals and objectives.

4. Our Mission and Vision Statement

• Mark Warren® Water Supply, Inc. has one vision and the vision is to become ‘the go to’ company when it comes to water supply business in the whole of Cherry Creek – Denver.
• Our mission is to establish a standard water supply business with robust distribution network that cuts across the whole of Cherry Creek – Denver. We want to build a business that will survive from one generation to another.

Our Business Structure

Mark Warren® Water Supply, Inc. is established with the aim of competing favorably with other leading water supply brands in the industry and in future to also open our distribution channels across key cities in the United States of America.

This is why we will ensure that we put the right structures in place that will support the kind of growth that we have in mind while setting up the business.

We will make sure that we only employ people that are qualified, honest, hardworking, customer centric and are ready to work to help us build a prosperous business that will benefit all the stakeholders.

As a matter of fact, profit-sharing arrangement will be made available to all our senior management staff and it will be based on their performance for a period of five years or more depending how fast we meet our set target. For now, we will contract the maintenance of our water tankers and pumping machines to a service provider, we don’t intend to maintain a very large overhead from the onset.

But as soon as the business grows and stabilizes, we will assemble our own in-house maintenance team. In view of that, we have decided to hire qualified and competent hands to occupy the following positions;

• Chief Executive Officer (Owner)

Water supply business Manager

• Sales and Marketing Officers
• Accountants/Cashiers
• Pump Operators

Water Tanker Drivers

5. Job Roles and Responsibilities

Chief Executive Officer – CEO (Owner):

• Increases management’s effectiveness by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, coaching, counseling, and disciplining managers; communicating values, strategies, and objectives; assigning accountabilities; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results
• Creates, communicates, and implements the organization’s vision, mission, and overall direction – i.e. leading the development and implementation of the overall organization’s strategy.
• Responsible for fixing prices and signing business deals
• Responsible for providing direction for the business
• Responsible for signing checks and documents on behalf of the company
• Evaluates the success of the organization
• Responsible for overseeing the smooth running of the water supply business
• Maps out strategy that will lead to efficiency amongst workers
• Responsible for training, evaluation and assessment of workers
• Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; calling for repairs.
• Ensures that the water supply business meets the expected safety, hygiene and health standard at all times.
• Responsible for overseeing the smooth running of HR and administrative tasks for the organization
• Defines job positions for recruitment and managing interviewing process
• Carries out induction for new team members

Sales and Marketing Manager

• Manages external research and coordinate all the internal sources of information to retain the organizations’ best customers and attract new ones
• Identifies, prioritizes, and reaches out to new partners, and business opportunities et al
• Responsible for supervising implementation, advocate for the customer’s needs, and communicate with clients
• Documents all customer contact and information
• Represents the company in strategic meetings
• Helps increase sales and growth for the company

Accountant/Cashier

• Responsible for preparing financial reports, budgets, and financial statements for the organization
• Provides managements with financial analyses, development budgets, and accounting reports
• Responsible for financial forecasting and risks analysis.
• Performs cash management, general ledger accounting, and financial reporting
• Responsible for developing and managing financial systems and policies
• Responsible for administering payrolls
• Ensures compliance with taxation legislation
• Handles all financial transactions for the organization
• Serves as internal auditor for the organization

Pump Operators:

• Responsible for selling and refilling water for customers as requested
• Ensures that the pumps are performing and dispensing treated water as required
• Assists in filling water tankers as requested
• Handles any other duty as assigned by the water supply business manager
• Assists in loading and unloading treated water.
• Keeps a record of vehicle inspections and make sure the water tanker / truck is equipped with safety equipment
• Assists the water refill station manager in planning their route according to a delivery schedule.
• Inspects vehicles for mechanical items and safety issues and perform preventative maintenance
• Complies with water tanker / truck driving rules and regulations (size, weight, route designations, parking, break periods etc.) as well as with company policies and procedures
• Collects and verifies delivery instructions
• Reports defects, accidents or violations
• Responsible for handling core services that revolve around tanks, water containers and reservoirs cleaning, parking lot sweeping, snowplowing, drain, duct and gutter cleaning , parking lot and driveway washing, equipment cleaning and maintenance
• Maintains a clean working area by sweeping, vacuuming, dusting, cleaning of glass doors and windows, etc. if required.
• Ensures that toiletries and supplies don’t run out of stock
• Handles any other duty as assigned by the water refill station manager.

6. SWOT Analysis

As a business, we know that if a proper SWOT analysis is conducted for our business, we will be able to position our business to maximize our strength, leverage on the opportunities that will be available to us, mitigate our risks and be equipped to confront our threats.

Because of our quest for excellence when it comes to running a standard water supply business, Mark Warren® Water Supply, Inc. employed the services of an expert HR and Business Analyst with bias in startup business to help us conduct a thorough SWOT analysis and to help us create a Business model that will help us achieve our business goals and objectives.

This is the summary of the SWOT analysis that was conducted for Mark Warren® Water Supply, Inc.;

Part of what is going to count as positives for Mark Warren® Water Supply, Inc. is the vast experience of our management team , we have people on board who understand how to grow a business from the scratch to becoming a national phenomenon with the shortest time possible.

So also, the location of our water supply business, our large distribution network and of course our excellent customer service culture will definitely count as a strong strength for the business.

A major weakness that may count against us is the fact that we are a new water supply business in Cherry Creek – Denver and we don’t have the financial capacity to compete with American Water Works Company Inc. when it comes to economies of scale and controlling national distribution network.

• Opportunities:

The opportunities for water supply businesses are enormous due to the fact that water is an essential commodity that we use on a daily basis.

As a result of that, we were able to conduct a thorough market survey and feasibility studies so as to position our water supply business in the right location to be able to take advantage of the existing market and also to create our own new market. We know that it is going to require hard work, and we are determined to achieve it.

One of the major threats that we are likely going to face is drought. Other threats that may likely confront us are unfavorable government legislature and the arrival of a new water supply business and water refill station in same location where ours is located.

7. MARKET ANALYSIS

• Market Trends

The need for clean and drinkable water will continue to exist as long as human exist. Water is one of the commodities in our world that doesn’t have any substitute. If you want to take a bath; you use water. If you want to quench your thirst; you need water.

If you want to fix a meal; you need water. This points to the fact that clean and drinkable water is as important as the air we breathe in and it will continue to be in demand globally.

A large percentage of water supplied for irrigation is not sourced from public water supply systems. However, irrigation activity only accounts for less than 5.0 percent of industry revenue. As the price of agricultural products rises, farmers tend to demand more water for irrigation, which benefits industry operators.

The agricultural price index is anticipated to fall in 2018, presenting the industry with a potential threat. As a matter of fact, households represent the largest source of revenue for the Water Supply and Irrigation Systems industry. As the number of households rises, so does demand for water from residential customers, benefiting industry operators.

The number of households is expected to expand in 2018, presenting an opportunity for the industry. Lastly, another trend in water supply business is the adoption of eco – friendly approach towards the treatment and supply of water. As a matter of fact, the industry’s adoption of eco-friendly practices will persuade environmentally conscious consumers to buy its products, while increasing operators’ efficiency.

8. Our Target Market

When it comes to selling and supplying treated water, there is indeed a wide range of available customers. In essence, our target market can’t be restricted to just a group of people, but all those that resides in our target market locations. We are in business to engage in sale and supply of treated water to the following groups of people;

• Construction sites
• Industrial Plants
• Laundries and Laundromats
• Restaurants and Canteens

Our competitive advantage

We are aware of the stiff competition and we are prepared to compete favorably with other water supply business in Cherry Creek – Denver and throughout the United States of America where we intend opening outlets of our water refill stations.

Some of the things that is going to count as competitive advantage for Mark Warren® Water Supply, Inc. is the vast experience of our management team , we have people on board who understand how to grow a business from the scratch to becoming a national phenomenon.

Lastly, our employees will be well taken care of, and their welfare package will be among the best within our category in the industry, meaning that they will be more than willing to build the business with us and help deliver our set goals and achieve all our aims and objectives.

We will also give good working conditions and commissions to freelance sales agents that we will recruit from time to time.

9. SALES AND MARKETING STRATEGY

• Sources of Income

Mark Warren® Water Supply, Inc. is established with the aim of maximizing profits in the water supply business in the United States of America and we are going to go all the way to ensure that we do all it takes to sell and supply our treated water to a wide range of customers.

In essence, Mark Warren® Water Supply, Inc. will generate income by selling and supplying treated and purified water.

10. Sales Forecast

One thing is certain when it comes to water supply business, if your water is properly treated and your water tanker hygienic and if your water supply business is centrally positioned and easily accessible, you will always attract customers.

We are well positioned to take on the available market in Cherry Creek – Denver and every city where we intend opening outlets and we are quite optimistic that we will meet our set target of generating enough income/profits from the first six months of operation and grow the business and our clientele base.

We have been able to examine the water supply business, we have analyzed our chances in the industry and we have been able to come up with the following sales forecast. Below are the sales projection for Mark Warren® Water Supply, Inc., it is based on the location of our business and other factors as it relates to small and medium scale water supply business startups in the United States;

• First Fiscal Year: $125,000
• Second Fiscal Year: $240,000
• Third Fiscal Year: $500,000

N.B : This projection was done based on what is obtainable in the industry and with the assumption that there won’t be drought and there won’t be any major competitor offering same products as we do within same location. Please note that the above projection might be lower and at the same time it might be higher.

• Marketing Strategy and Sales Strategy

Prior to choosing a location for Mark Warren® Water Supply, Inc., we conducted a thorough market survey and feasibility studies in order for us to penetrate the available market in our target market locations.

We have detailed information and data that we were able to utilize to structure our business to attract the number of customers we want to attract per time and also for our treated water to favorable compete with other leading brands in the industry.

We hired experts who have good understanding of the water supply business to help us develop marketing strategies that will help us achieve our business goal of winning a larger percentage of the available market in Cherry Creek – Denver.

In summary, Mark Warren® Water Supply, Inc. will adopt the following sales and marketing approach to sell our treated and purified water;

• Introduce our water supply business by sending introductory letters to residence, offices, laundries and laundromats, industrial plants, construction sites and other stakeholders in Cherry Creek – Denver
• Engage in roadshow in targeted communities from time to time to sell our brand
• Advertise our water supply business in community – based newspapers, local TV and radio stations
• List our business and products on yellow pages ads (local directories)
• Leverage on the internet to promote our water supply business
• Engage in direct marketing and sales
• Encourage the use of Word of mouth marketing (referrals)

11. Publicity and Advertising Strategy

Regardless of the fact that our water supply business is licensed and centrally located in a location that has good human and vehicular traffic, we will still go ahead to intensify publicity for all our product and brand.

Mark Warren® Water Supply, Inc. has a long – term plan of opening our water supply business – outlets in various locations all around the United States of America which is why we will deliberately build our brand to be well accepted in Cherry Creek – Denver before venturing out.

Here are the platforms we intend leveraging on to promote and advertise Mark Warren® Water Supply, Inc.;

• Place adverts on both print (community – based newspapers and magazines) and electronic media platforms
• Sponsor relevant community programs
• Leverage on the internet and social media platforms like; Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, et al to promote our water supply business brand
• Install our billboards in strategic locations all around major locations in Cherry Creek – Denver
• Engage in roadshow from time to time in targeted communities
• Distribute our fliers and handbills in target areas
• Position our Flexi Banners at strategic positions in the location where we intend getting customers to start patronizing our treated and purified water
• Ensure that all our staff members wear our customized clothes, and all our official cars, water tankers and water storage facilities are well branded.

12. Our Pricing Strategy

We are aware of the pricing trend in the water refill line of business which is why we have decided to have various sizes of gallons and water tankers.

In view of that, our prices will conform to what is obtainable in the industry but will ensure that within the first 6 to 12 months, our treated water are sold and supply a little bit below the average price in the United States of America. We have put in place business strategies that will help us run on low profits for a period of 6 months; it is a way of encouraging people to buy into our water supply business.

• Payment Options

The payment policy adopted by Mark Warren® Water Supply, Inc. is all inclusive because we are quite aware that different customers prefer different payment options as it suits them but at the same time, we will ensure that we abide by the financial rules and regulation of the United States of America.

Here are the payment options that Mark Warren® Water Supply, Inc. will make available to her clients;

• Payment via bank transfer
• Payment with cash
• Payment via credit cards
• Payment via online bank transfer
• Payment via check
• Payment via mobile money transfer
• Payment via bank draft

In view of the above, we have chosen banking platforms that will enable our client make payment for the purchase of our treated and purified water without any stress on their part. Our bank account numbers will be made available on our website and promotional materials to clients.

13. Startup Expenditure (Budget)

A water supply business requires reasonable startup capital hence an entrepreneur would have to pool cash together or welcome investors to partner with you. Although the capital needed to set up a water plant might not be much, but the running capital of the business is always the real deal.

You would need capital to purchase water tankers and also to fuel and maintain your water tankers. These are the key areas where we will spend our startup capital in setting up Mark Warren® Water Supply, Inc.;

• The total fee for registering the business in the United States of America – $750.
• Legal expenses for obtaining licenses (Health department license and business license) and permits (Fire department permit, Air and water pollution control permit, and Sign permit et al) as well as accounting services (CRM software, Payroll software, P.O.S machines and other software- $2,300.
• Marketing promotion expenses in the amount of $3,500 and as well as flyer printing (2,000 flyers at $0.04 per copy) for the total amount of – $3,580.
• The cost for hiring business consultant (including writing business plan) – $2,500.
• The cost for insurance (general liability, theft, workers’ compensation and property casualty) coverage at a total premium – $2,400.
• The cost for payment of rent for 12 months at $1.76 per square feet in the total amount of $50,600.
• The cost for drilling borehole and constructing water treatment channel – $80,000.
• Other start-up expenses including stationery ($500) and phone and utility deposits ($2,500).
• Operational cost for the first 3 months (salaries of employees, payments of bills et al) – $50,000
• The cost for start-up inventory (Storage Tanks, Gallons, Funnels with Filters, Granular Activated Carbon, Magnetic Flow Meter, Pressure Tank with Pump, Automatic Wash with Stainless Steel Jackets, Water Purifier, Chlorine etc) – $80,000
• The cost for store equipment ( cash register , security, ventilation, signage) – $3,750
• The cost of purchase of water supply tankers/trucks – $50,000
• The cost for the purchase of furniture and gadgets (Computers, Printers, Telephone, Fax Machines, tables and chairs et al) – $4,000.
• The cost for building and hosting a website – $600
• Miscellaneous – $5,000

We would need an estimate of two hundred and fifty thousand Dollars ($250,000) to successfully set up our water supply business in Cherry Creek – Denver.

Generating Funds/Startup Capital for Mark Warren® Water Supply, Inc.

Mark Warren® Water Supply, Inc. is a private business that is owned and financed by Mark Warren. He has decided to restrict the sourcing of the startup capital to 3 major sources.

• Generate part of the startup capital from personal savings
• Source for soft loans from family members and friends
• Apply for loan from the bank

N.B: We have been able to generate about $50,000 ( Personal savings $30,000 and soft loan from family members $20,000) and we are at the final stages of obtaining a loan facility of $200,000 from our bank. All the papers and documents have been signed and submitted, the loan has been approved and any moment from now our account will be credited with the amount.

14. Sustainability and Expansion Strategy

The future of a business lies in the number of loyal customers that they have, the capacity and competence of their employees, their investment strategy and business structure. If all of these factors are missing from a business (company), then it won’t be too long before the business closes shop.

One of our major goals of starting Mark Warren® Water Supply, Inc. is to build a business that will survive off its own cash flow without injecting finance from external sources once the business is officially running.

We know that one of the ways of gaining approval and winning customers over is to retail (supply) our purified water a little bit cheaper than what is obtainable in the market and we are well prepared to survive on lower profit margin for a while.

Mark Warren® Water Supply, Inc. will make sure that the right foundation, structures and processes are put in place to ensure that our staff welfare are well taken of. Our company’s corporate culture is designed to drive our business to greater heights and training and retraining of our workforce is at the top burner.

We know that if that is put in place, we will be able to successfully hire and retain the best hands we can get in the industry; they will be more committed to help us build the business of our dreams.

Check List/Milestone

• Business Name Availability Check:>Completed
• Business Registration: Completed
• Opening of Corporate Bank Accounts: Completed
• Securing Point of Sales (POS) Machines: Completed
• Opening Mobile Money Accounts: Completed
• Opening Online Payment Platforms: Completed
• Application and Obtaining Tax Payer’s ID: In Progress
• Application for business license and permit: Completed
• Purchase of Insurance for the Business: Completed
• Leasing of facility and construction of standard water supply business: In Progress
• Conducting Feasibility Studies: Completed
• Generating capital from family members and friends: Completed
• Applications for Loan from the bank: In Progress
• Writing of Business Plan: Completed
• Drafting of Employee’s Handbook: Completed
• Drafting of Contract Documents and other relevant Legal Documents: In Progress
• Design of The Company’s Logo: Completed
• Printing of Promotional Materials: In Progress
• Recruitment of employees: In Progress
• Purchase of Storage Tanks, Gallons, Funnels with Filters, Granular Activated Carbon, Magnetic Flow Meter, Pressure Tank with Pump, Automatic Wash with Stainless Steel Jackets, Water Purifier, Chlorine and other required approved chemicals for water purification, preservation, computers, office appliances and CCTV : In progress
• Creating Official Website for the Company: In Progress
• Creating Awareness for the business both online and around the community: In Progress
• Health and Safety and Fire Safety Arrangement (License): Secured
• Purchase of water tankers – Completed
• Establishing business relationship with vendors – construction contractors and other key stakeholders: In Progress

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Businesses can help reach the clean water and sanitation SDG

Clean Water and Sanitation hold a key position on the UN agenda . Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No. 6 is to "ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all." 

The United Nations has made it clear that businesses would have a big role to play by adopting a stewardship role over water. 

However, several reports indicate the world is quite far from reaching the goal.

In 2020, almost a quarter of the world's population did not have safe drinking water at home, and roughly half did not have adequate sanitation.

COVID-19 also emphasised the critical necessity of good hand hygiene. At the start of the pandemic, 3 out 10 people worldwide were unable to wash their hands with soap and water in their own homes.

According to a report from WHO , and UNICEF , unless the rate of improvement increases, billions of people throughout the world will be unable to securely reach household drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene services by 2030.

Meanwhile, only 32% of wastewater flows were subject to any sort of treatment among the 42 nations and territories reporting total wastewater generation and treatment in 2015. According to a 2020 evaluation of 89 countries' and territories' rivers, lakes, and aquifers, 30% of the water bodies studied have poor water quality. 

The solutions to these problems could come from innovation and systems in the private sector. 

How companies can help reach SDG for clean water and sanitation 

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) parameters are frequently used by socially concerned investors when examining possible ventures. Though emissions have occupied the narrative, the corporate sector is discovering that water should have a significantly larger role in ESG assessment.

A team of Barclays analysts determined that corporations and investors should pay much closer attention to potential water shortages, increased water bills, and stronger water regulation. The World Economic Forum has also said ESG methodologies need to be reworked to incorporate the appropriate level of risk and opportunity in water.

Barclays and Forbes have also warned that corporations significantly underestimate their water risk. According to Forbes and a 2020 study by Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) - a nonprofit that helps enterprises record their influence on the environment - investment in preparing for a company's water risk is projected to be just 20% as of the cost of inaction .

Finding investment strategies for clean water and sanitation

There are several exchange-traded funds (ETFs) focused on clean water and sanitation. These include: iShares Global Water UCITS ETF ; Invesco Water Resources ETF ; Lyxor MSCI Water ESG Filtered ; First Trust ISE Water Index Fund ; and Invesco S&P Global Water Index ETF . 

All these funds publicise their investment strategies and how they target companies tackling clean water and sanitation.

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Water Purification Business Plan for Package Drinking Water

• Last Updated: November 7, 2023

• With a growing number of consumers, the water purification industry has opportunities for entrepreneurs to drive further growth.
• Starting a water purification business, your top priority should be recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, and counseling employees.
• Also, it is important to comply with regulations and invest in quality equipment to ensure the safety and purity of the water distribution.

Bottled water remains one of the leading commodities people consume worldwide.

According to estimates, the Bottled Water segment’s revenue in 2022 will reach $302.50 billion. The market is expected to grow annually by 8.03% between 2022-2026.

This is simply because bottled water is an essential amenity, so of course, efficient water service companies will never be out of demand. In fact, package drinking companies will generate per-person revenues of $39.74 in 2022. 

This article will be an excellent starting point to help you understand a water purification business plan . If you want to break into water purification services and achieve very healthy gross sales, read along.

Table of Content

• List of Water purification services
• Why to start a water purification business?
• Roles and responsibilities of Water Purification Business owner
• Water purification business plan template
• How to start a water purification business?
• Let Upper help you reach your client’s location on time

List of Water Purification Services

Creating ideas for a water purification business can take time and effort. You can refer to the list of services below if you are new to the industry and need clarification on what you can offer: 

• Bulk Purified water – Purified water typically comes from reverse osmosis, deionization, or a combination of these methods.
• Still bottled water – Bottled still water is the leading alternative to tap water. It comes in a range of mineral concentrations.
• Sparkling bottled water – Making sparkling water involves adding carbon dioxide. People often use it as a healthy alternative because it has fewer calories and less sugar than other sodas.
• Flavored bottled water – Flavoured water is a beverage with additional natural or artificial flavors, herbs, and sweeteners. Water purification is vital to provide safe drinking water for your community. 

Why to Start a Water Purification Business?

There are multiple reasons why water purification businesses are the need of the hour and why you must start one. 

As per Fortune Business Insights , the global water purifier market is set to grow from $30.62 billion in 2022 to $50.66 billion by 2029. So it’s a growing market, and you can ride the wave by starting your own business.

By 2026, 36% of spending and 9% of volume consumption in the Bottled Water segment will be attributable to out-of-home consumption. That tells us that your services will always be in high demand. 

Also, a growing number of consumers are concerned about their health and the environmental impacts of using untreated water from rivers or lakes. This is expected to drive further growth of the market for water purification services.

Roles and Responsibilities of Water Purification Business Owner

As a water purification business owner, here are your roles and responsibilities: 

• Your top priority is recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, and counseling managers. Communicate values, assign roles, develop strategies and define primary objectives, monitor results, and create incentives. 
• You’re also responsible for fixing your pricing strategy and signing business deals.
• Your employees will look up to you for providing direction to your water purification business.
• You also need to create, communicate, and implement the mission and vision statement of your organization.
• You’re the face of your organization, so you’ll sign the high-level documents.
• Finally, you’ll evaluate the success of your organization and be responsible for formulating profit-boosting strategies. As a small business owner, if you’re the one managing the water purification plant, these will be your added responsibilities: 
• You’ll oversee the smooth running of your water purification (industrial) plants. 
• As a water purification plant manager , you’ll need to ensure that all equipment is functional and focus on preventative maintenance and repairs.
• It’s your job to ensure that your plant meets the safety and hygiene standards at all times. 

Water Purification Business Plan Template

A well-defined plan relies on market research and stresses quality. It also helps you secure funding and start-up assets, fulfill an unsatisfied market need, attract customers, monitor start-up expenses, and prevents very expensive shut down. 

Here’s an elaborate water purification business plan template using which you can create your own business plan.

1. Executive and company summary 

This executive summary aims to summarise the critical points of this comprehensive business plan, saving you time and preparing you for the upcoming content.

An executive summary for a company includes:

• The business opportunity – describes the need for your services.
• Services – tell how your business will serve the market.
• The target market – represents the customer base you will be targeting.
• Business model – how your services create, deliver, and capture value.
• Marketing plan and sales strategy – describe how you will market and sell your products to a potentially unsatisfied market.
• Discuss your competition and how you plan to gain market share – how can you differentiate yourself from your competitors, i.e., what do you offer to customers that nobody else can?

2. Services offered 

The products and services section of your business plan should include a description of the products or services you are offering or plan to offer. 

You should explain how your products and services will be priced and compare the products.

Your product and service section outlines your product or service, why your market needs it, and how it will compete with other businesses selling similar products and services.

3. Market analysis 

Market analysis is about figuring out the needs of your target market, whether the existing products on the market meet those needs, and what competitors are doing to meet those needs.

You’ll also want to figure out how much people in your industry make per year, how fast the industry is growing or shrinking, and what kind of barriers exist for new players entering it, so you can decide if the environment is suitable for your business idea.

Essentially: Market analysis helps you determine if there’s an actual need for your product or service.

4. Human resources plan 

The importance of a solid human resources plan cannot be overstated, especially in specialized industry sectors. A business needs the right people to do the jobs, and you need a solid plan to hire the right talent.

A well-executed human resources business plan will help you attract and retain talent, which is essential for any company looking to grow.

5. Financial Plan 

A financial plan is not just a list of numbers and projections. It overviews your current business financials and the direction they are progressing in.

Your financial plan will help you set realistic expectations regarding the overall costs and success of your business. You are more likely to be prepared for any eventuality, whether a crisis or incredible growth if you know your financials inside and out.

6. Marketing strategy

Starting a business, ensuring quality service, and promoting operational efficiency are undoubtedly necessary. But you’ll struggle with reaching your ideal consumers if you don’t have actionable marketing and business strategies. To ensure your business thrives, create marketing strategies that increase brand visibility and keep bringing quality leads. 

How to Start a Water Purification Business? 

Follow these steps to start a water purification business: 

1. Use the business plan template for your water purification business

A comprehensive plan is essential for new water purification business owners. This plan should include all aspects of the company, including start-up costs, funding, and day-to-day operations. 

New business owners also need to be realistic about their goals and expectations. Finally, it’s essential to have a solid understanding of the competition.

Businesses with well-thought-out plans are more likely to succeed.

2. Form the legal entity

When starting your business, you must know what kind of liability exposure you want and your company goals. A sole proprietorship may be enough if you sell to limited consumers. 

But a corporate organization or LLC may be better if you want more protection or to grow the business.

3. Obtain permissions and business licenses

If you’re looking to start a new business, it’s important to remember that specific licenses and permits are required by law. However, this varies depending on the type of water purification business you’re looking to start and where your business will be located.

Contact your local business licensing office or chamber of commerce to find out which permits and licenses you need.

4. Purchase equipment

The most critical elements of starting a water purification business are equipment, tools, and supplies.

You’ll need some things for everyday use, like wrenches and screwdrivers, but you’ll also need more specialized items, like meters or pumps. And remember your safety equipment. You’ll want to ensure you have all the protection you need when working with chemicals or other hazardous materials. 

To ace this step, document everything you might need and research different suppliers that fulfill your requirements. You can also consider renting equipment you won’t regularly require; buying expensive equipment that you wouldn’t use frequently doesn’t make sense.

5. Market your services

Now that you’ve built your water purification business, it’s time to get it out there and start generating revenue. Your own sales force will prove most helpful here. Start with building a brand identity to stand apart from your competitors, reach monthly sales target, and keep sales growing gradually. This includes naming your business and creating a logo and color schemes to remain consistent across social media platforms. It is branding that helps you charge a premium price and stay afloat in economic downturn.

You can then work on creating a website for your business with all the details. Finally, it’s time to create a launch strategy for such a niche product—leverage word of mouth via friends and family, social media shout-outs, and influencer marketing. Advertising in local newspapers, paid ads on social media, yellow page ads (local directories), and more are also game changers for your high purity water business.

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The water purifier will cost around $2,500. The cost of installing new plumbing lines and connections will be $195. Water softener treatment will cost $1,500. The total cost comes to around $4,195 approximately.

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A purification plant is a water system that treats or improves water quality by complying with the state board of health standards. The purification plant can be a stand-alone facility or a portion of a more extensive system.

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Water purification for the bottled water industry is brimming with opportunities. The demand for convenience and high disposable income is driving the consumption of bottled water across the globe. However, you need a comprehensive plan for overall company success. A business plan will help you set realistic goals and expectations, and you can use this plan to get an edge over your competition.

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Is Moscow Tap Water Safe To Drink?

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Can you drink tap water in moscow.

Yes, tap water is drinkable.

Tap Safe includes data from many publicly available sources, including the WHO (World Health Organization), CDC (Center for Disease Control), and user submitted databases, but unfortunately there's not enough data about Moscow.

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Moscow Russia, tap water is safe for drinking . Treatment plants use sodium hypochlorite , which is more reliable than chlorine. A regular inspection ensures people who drink it won’t be ill. The water leaves the treatment plant is safe to drink . However, locals tend to boil water before drinking. Nowadays, many Russian drinks filtered water . Their concerns will be the residential pipeline in the place they live or stay.

The Mosvodokanal (Water services company), the state group that monitors the drinking water in Moscow, confirms that water is clean . The company produces high-quality drinking water and a safe sewage system to 14.2 million inhabitants of the Moscow capital. Also, according to specialists, tap water in Moscow meets all the requirements that have been recommended by Russia’s chief state sanitary inspector. They deny many stories created by the various aqua filters. But if you have a sensitive stomach as tourists, we advise that you only consume bottled water.

Source of Water in Moscow, Russia

Tap water from Moscow, Russia , comes from surface water and groundwater. The three primary sources originate from the Moskva river , Volga river , and Vazuzskoye Hydrotechnical System.

The Moskva river supplies up to 60% of the capital needs of water. While the Volga river provides 40% of the water supply in Moscow, the Vazuzskoye serve as a reserve source incase of water crisis or contamination on the two prime surface water source.

Treatment and sanitation start with coagulation . This method includes the addition of compounds that improve the clumping of fines into larger floc so that they can easily separate from the water. Then they exposed water to UV light that known to kill bacteria and now will pass through water filtration of sand a natural way to filter water without chemical compounds.

Moscow Tap Water

The famous Moscow tap water supplied by the authorities contained high levels of pesticides, etc. These levels have been regularly overcharged and sometimes unknowingly overcharged in some areas. You can imagine that when this happens, you could be suffering from long-term health problems. The average life expectancy in Moscow is around eighty or ninety years. These figures do not include the death rate from illnesses, which, unfortunately, almost one-third of the population suffers from Moscow.

Recently some companies have started selling packaged Moscow tap water at various price ranges so that people can easily buy a bottle and take it with them to their home. It seems that the people of Moscow have become much more interested in these bottles, and many believe they are safer than the local bottled water from the supermarket or the vast range of similar brands sold in stores across the globe. Yet they are pretty useless and even more expensive than the ordinary local supermarket brands. Many believe that these brand-name companies are only making money from their consumers by deceiving them. However, it is also worth remembering that the destination Moscow tap water does not come from any such reliable suppliers and is certainly not free of harmful chemicals.

It is essential to realize that not all bottled water from Europe or anywhere else in the world is safe to drink. If you are traveling to Moscow, you should ensure that you have a fully qualified professional inspect the water before you drink. The same applies if you stay at a hotel in the city, as many hotels often have a plumbing problem. If your drinking water is contaminated, you may have absolutely no choice but to leave the hotel and find somewhere else to stay. In the past, I have personally seen people who have lived for months in a small town without any water supply and were forced to use a simple tap water filter to bring some life back into their lives. Moscow’s people indeed face difficult times, but the fact remains that they need our help more than ever to keep their city clean and healthy.

Water in Moscow

Water in Moscow is something that people take for granted, but the fact is that there are no hotel amenities in the city that can be called genuinely luxurious. While there are plenty of posh cafes scattered throughout the city and a plethora of excellent eating and drinking options, you will have to get your drinking water from a faucet at the end of the day, a tap or bottled one. This can be a pain because even if you go on a perfect vacation, you might still not be able to take along your water bottle, so here are some other things that you should make sure to pack before you travel to Russia. Your water supply!

Water is essential when you are visiting any country, let alone one as unique as Russia. As such, you will want to get a hold of bottled water while you are there, and at many of the hotels, you will also find a water filter attached to the tap. This way, you can have clean and safe water without having to worry about getting sick from water that may not necessarily be from a tap that you drink. It is also an excellent idea to have an ice cooler with you, to keep refreshments for yourself and any friends or family you may meet. If you stay in a guest house, try to get a refrigerator, too – cold drinks are a must!

There are also plenty of hotels in Moscow that offer Wi-Fi internet access, so make sure to bring this along with you, too. A hotel water purifier may seem like a small thing to have on hand, but you never know when you might need it, especially in the heat and humidity that the region has to deal with. In addition to taking these precautions, there are other hotel amenities that you can find in many of the more excellent hotels in Moscow and more budget hotels. For example, many cheaper hotels will offer you hot tubs, which are incredibly relaxing and enjoyable after a hard day at work. You can even get a “couple” package so that you can enjoy a romantic evening together after returning home from a long day of work.

Moscow Bottled Water

The Moscow Bottled Water is now one of the leading brands of Russian bottled water. It has its unique name and brand identity due to the strict control of production. Only the best quality minerals, herbs, and plants are used to produce every bottle of this Moscow bottled water. This brand is known all over the world for its quality of water.

The Moscow Italian Wine has also become a famous brand among people across the world. Its unique name was based on two words -” Moscow” and “Italian wine.” It was created by the legendary Russian writer Alexey Pshchinin. Since one day, he put the words “Moscow Italian Wine” in the bottle of his famous Russian brand and started selling it to customers across the world. It is considered one of the finest Russian wines that are available.

Murano Italian Wine is one of the top-selling brands that has a vast number of fans. It has been a part of the Russian retail market since 1960 when it began as a small business. It has expanded its brand name to sell various products such as wine, mineral water, fruits, and confectionery. Due to its huge success, the company now produces different types of Russian wines, chocolates, juices, and Cologne from its vast inventories. Now it is available in almost all parts of the world, even in some parts of the United States.

Moscow Drinking Water

Do you want to know about the quality of Moscow drinking water? Are you worried that you are not getting enough of it? Then you need to know what the quality of Moscow’s drinking water is. It would be best if you also found out what you can do to stop it from happening to you and ensure that your family’s health is not in danger. Here are some tips to help you with this:

The first thing that you should know is that there are different kinds of purification methods used for the purest drinking water. There are many different ones. Even if you live in one of the most developed cities globally, you still have to be aware that you have to deal with the pollution in your city. The water that comes from the tap may be clean, but you have to contend with many impurities when you mix it with municipal water. Therefore, you need to make sure that you purchase a good filtration system that will allow you to drink safe water without worrying about the quality.

Moreover, you need to know that some water purification plants have been known to produce horrible drinking water. There have even been cases when people end up getting ill because they drink contaminated water. In addition to this, you also need to make sure that the government has approved the water filter you buy. Without this, you might end up with a machine that will give you nothing but a few contaminants.

Moscow Water Supply

Moscow is one of the largest cities in Russia and the capital of the Russian Federation. The city was developed as a steam mining center during the Golden Ages of the 17th century. Today, the city is one of the fastest-growing cities in Russia, with over 6 million. The Moscow water supply has long been a problem because of water pipes’ issues in the city. However, it has become much better today as a result of technological advances.

Water is essential to life in the city, and it is also crucial for the health of its inhabitants. Moscow has always had an inadequate water supply record, which has been the case since the Revolution. However, the situation has changed today, and Moscow has one of the world’s best water supply systems. Water is also distributed to all of the apartment complexes and townhouses before being distributed to individual homes. It is also brought in on trucks and trains from the city’s main water supplies.

Water is a valuable commodity, and the city does not want to see any cut in its water supply. Therefore, when a new water line is installed, it is done with great care and attention. When the water supply is affected due to natural calamities like floods and earthquakes, Moscow gets involved more than other cities. However, it does not affect the city’s general population, as the people of Moscow can drink from any tap no matter where they are located. Also, as long as there is sunlight in the city, water in bottles will be available for the general public.

Moscow Water Quality

Moscow has a lot of industrial, commercial, and residential growth going on. Since these areas are populated with people, a lot of waste is being created that needs to be handled. Moscow water quality is improving slowly but surely, and it is expected that it will be better in the future. Water is an essential commodity, and everyone needs it to survive. Moscow is just a small city. The population is still growing, so the need for good water quality will not be quickly replaced as it did in the past. Nevertheless, there are some methods you can use to ensure that you are drinking at least what is considered to be good quality water.

If you have friends or relatives living in a city known for poor water quality, you may want to think about helping them out by donating your share to a charity that gives clean water to residents. Many charities give away free water to people who cannot afford to buy bottled water, although this does little good if the water source is unreliable. You could also try contacting your city to see if they have any programs that allow you to help out. They often need people to run surveys and provide information about their water supply quality, although the government does not usually support these kinds of programs.

You can help improve the quality of the water in your home by installing a kitchen countertop filter that takes out the contaminants. There are many types of filters available, and you may find that the simplest ones will work best in your house. Some of these filters remove just a few particles, leaving the tap water’s essential minerals and vitamins. This may help overcome the mineral deficiencies.

Moscow Water Treatment

Moscow water treatment equipment has become a prevalent method of filtration and purification among the Moscow residents. Many people are starting to use these systems to filter their water and be confident that their water is clean enough for consumption by their families. The systems are becoming more popular as more people realize what they have been doing by allowing city water to pollute their drinking water. This has caused many health problems for many Russian citizens. City water cannot be deemed healthy when it contains such contaminants as pesticides, lead, benzene, bacteria, radioactive isotopes, synthetic drugs, and other harmful chemicals. Even the water from wells used for personal consumption must be filtered or cleaned at the source to be deemed safe for drinking.

The main reason these systems are getting more popular is that they are cost-effective and produce far healthier water than what you can get from your tap. There is a wide range of water treatment equipment available on the market today, ranging from portable units that can be kept in apartments and houses and huge water softening machines that can be installed in water pipes throughout a city. These systems’ prices depend on many factors, such as the size of the system, the kind of filter used, and the number of filter stages that need to be installed in the water purification equipment.

The water quality that comes out of your tap can sometimes depend on whether you have installed the correct type of water treatment equipment. If you suspect that your water supply contains any impurities such as lead, it would be wise to contact a water purifier that can help to remove the traces of this toxic metal. Once you have made your purchase, it would be a good idea to read about the brand and model you are using to make the most of your investment. Water purifiers have become an essential part of our lives, and it is crucial to know precisely what you are purchasing to make sure that you are getting a quality product.

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Thames Water could raise bills to £627 a year to help fix leaks

Embattled water supplier promises to invest up to £3bn more over the next five years

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Thames Water could raise bills to as much as £627 a year to pay to fix its leaky network, after promising to invest up to £3bn more over the next five years.

The embattled water supplier said on Monday that it had updated its spending plans for 2025 to 2030 after discussions with the industry regulator, Ofwat, and bills could rise as much as 44% under its most ambitious spending plans.

The proposals to raise bills even further immediately drew anger from politicians and consumer groups, who argued that households struggling with the cost of living crisis should not have to pay for underinvestment in Thames’s creaking infrastructure.

In October Thames submitted its business plan, known as a PR24, to Ofwat, pledging to spend £18.7bn over the period and raise bills by 40% to £610, or by 56% including inflation.

The company has now said it will spend a further £1.1bn – totalling £19.8bn – to address environmental concerns over sewage dumping in the sector.

Thames said it could spend £1.9bn on top of this – totalling £21.7bn over the period – depending on the availability of workers in its supply chain, which it would agree on an annual basis with Ofwat. If this occurred, bills for Thames’s 16 million customers would reach £627 by 2030, a 44% increase, excluding inflation.

Thames did not specify exactly what the £1.1bn would be spent on. Industry sources said the bulk of the money would probably be spent ensuring the company could meet new statutory requirements to protect the environment set out by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Thames is under intense scrutiny amid fears over its financial stability and questions over whether its shareholders are willing to pay upfront for its investments, before they are recovered from consumers through bills.

The government is preparing plans in case the debt-laden company collapses, including renationalisation. The Guardian revealed last week that Whitehall contingency plans for a renationalisation could include adding the bulk of its £15.6bn debt to the public purse, with some lenders to its core operating company potentially losing up to 40% of their money.

Thames said on Monday it had been able to up its spending without increasing bills on top of the original forecasts “due to a rebalancing of operating and capital expenditures”.

The Thames Water chief executive, Chris Weston, said: “Our business plan focuses on our customers’ priorities. As part of the usual ongoing discussions relating to PR24, we’ve now updated it to deliver more projects that will benefit the environment. We will continue to discuss this with our regulators and stakeholders.”

Shareholders said last month they were not willing to put in a promised £500m while a standoff between Thames and Ofwat continued.

It is understood that Monday’s update has not changed the view of shareholders. Last month they claimed that Ofwat had “not been prepared to provide the necessary regulatory support” for Thames’s business plan.

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The Guardian revealed last week that Thames was considering issuing more debt to help fund its plans, adding to its £15.6bn debt pile.

Mike Keil, the chief executive of the Consumer Council for Water, said: “On the surface the proposal for more investment from Thames Water is a positive step for its customers that have endured some of the worst customer service in the sector.

“We should not lose sight of the fact that only 16% of its customers thought the company’s proposed bill rises in its five-year plan were affordable. This announcement appears to offer nothing to ease the fears of those already struggling to pay.”

The Liberal Democrats’ Treasury spokesperson, Sarah Olney, said: “It would be an absolute disgrace if customers are forced to foot the bill for Thames Water’s shambolic failings. Ofwat cannot allow these bill hikes to go ahead.”

Ofwat is due to give its provisional verdict on Thames’s business plan, and those of its peers, on 12 June and publish final decisions in December.

In the submission to Ofwat, the company said it was discussing its “green economy recovery” plan (GER) with the regulator. The ailing programme , drawn up in the pandemic, was supposed to allow Thames to add £72m to bills to fund a smart meter rollout in the Thames Valley.

The company said extreme weather in 2022 had hurt the “achievability” of hitting its targets, and discussions with Ofwat would “determine if we can proceed with the GER programme”.

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As Floods Beckoned, Many of New York’s Catch-Basin Trucks Were Offline

A report by the New York City comptroller’s office found “big gaps” in how the administration of Mayor Eric Adams handles emergency preparations.

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Seven months after New York City was inundated by more than eight inches of rain, an investigation found that the city’s public communications were, in some cases, “woefully limited” and its infrastructure inadequate to the challenges of extreme weather.

The 44-page investigation by the office of Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller, noted that 63 percent of the Department of Environmental Protection’s 51 specialized catch-basin cleaning trucks — a key part of the city’s arsenal to prevent floods — were out of service when the storm hit.

And though city officials began monitoring the storm a week before its arrival and activated its “flash flood emergency plan” the morning before, that “proactive approach was not as effectively extended to public communications,” the report reads.

The mayor did not hold a news conference on the storm until nearly three hours after heavy rain began. The Department of Education did not directly communicate “any information” to students’ families about the weather in advance of the storm, according to the comptroller.

While the city’s opt-in emergency alert system sent out notices, most New Yorkers do not subscribe to the flash-flood warnings: “Only 2.7 percent of New Yorkers over 16 years of age (185,895 people) received Notify NYC emergency alerts for the flash flood event” according to the report.

The investigation comes amid continued scrutiny of New York City’s emergency response efforts. When an earthquake rattled the city this month, it took officials 26 minutes to issue an alert. Last June, Mayor Eric Adams faced criticism for failing to adequately warn New Yorkers about toxic air wafting in from Canadian wildfires.

“Extreme storms thankfully don’t hit every day, but you have to be preparing for them every day,” Mr. Lander said. “And this report is evidence that the city needs to be doing a better job with that.”

The investigation examined the city’s progress delivering on three sets of recommendations issued after Hurricane Ida in 2021, when heavy rain inundated the city, killing 13 New Yorkers . It was the first time the National Weather Service had declared a flash flood emergency for the city.

Two years later, when rain tied to Tropical Storm Ophelia hit New York, the city suffered an estimated $100 million in economic losses, as the storm revealed what the comptroller’s office described as “serious shortcomings” in the city’s response.

The night before the storm, the National Weather Service warned of possible flash flooding and predicted up to five inches of rain in parts of New York City. The city’s sewer system cannot handle more than 1.75 inches of rain an hour. By 9 a.m. the next day, parts of Brooklyn were seeing more than three inches of rain an hour.

Subways shut down. More than 500 public school buildings suffered flood damage. Woodhull Hospital, a public hospital in Brooklyn, had to disconnect its electrical supply and evacuate.

City officials did try to warn basement residents, among the most vulnerable to flash flooding. But by the comptroller’s estimate, the city’s basement notification list encompasses less than 1 percent of the people who live in basements.

At the time of the storm — nearly two years into the mayor’s administration — the mayor had not appointed an extreme weather coordinator, according to the comptroller. The position was created during Bill de Blasio’s administration, after Hurricane Ida. In March, City Hall notified the comptroller’s office that it had named Camille Joseph Varlack, the mayor’s chief of staff, to fill that position.

Liz Garcia, a spokeswoman for the mayor, said there was always someone filling the position, but declined to say who.

Ms. Varlack has already “begun to improve channels of communication across agencies for better real-time coordination,” the report reads.

There are other signs that the city is paying attention to its vulnerability to severe weather.

Though the Department of Environmental Protection has yet to fund a $22.5 million-a-year plan to install new catch basins that will reduce clogging, the city has installed dozens of flooding sensors. It has also funded 20 community networks to alert neighbors about flooding risks.

The city has also distributed thousands of flood barriers and rain barrels and hundreds of sump pumps.

“We are glad that the comptroller’s report recognized the important work of our city agencies to prepare New York City for extreme weather,” Ms. Garcia said.

She noted that even without the specialized catch basin trucks, the city managed to clear over 900 catch basins with histories of clogging before the storm hit.

Yet most of the department’s storm water infrastructure projects are still in trouble: “Two-thirds of projects are over budget, with an average budget overrun of 310 percent,” the report reads. “Three-fifths of projects are delayed, with an average delay of 23.5 months.”

The status of the catch basin trucks seems to have only worsened since the storm; by the end of last year, 77 percent were out of service. The city is in the process of replacing more than half those trucks. A spokesman for the city’s Sanitation Department, which maintains the trucks for the Department of Environmental Protection, referred questions to City Hall.

Hilary Howard contributed reporting.

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Columbia extends deadline on encampment as other protests turn violent

Tensions appeared to ease at Columbia University on Wednesday after it extended a deadline for students to remove an encampment set up to protest Israel's Gaza incursion, while violence broke out at other college campuses as police dispersed similar protests.