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My first post but i have been l lurking around here a bit latley.

I have an idea to bottle rain water and sell it chilled as a drink in the summer. Trouble is i dont know what needs to be done to be legal. Can i use old milk bottles for example and will it need special labels

Any help would be much appriciated. :)
 
How are you intending to collect enough rain to meet demand? Rain is intermittent and seasonal, so supplies will be uncertain - especially during the Summer when demand would be highest.

Rain water contains pollution particulates that it comes into contact with in the air - no really something I would want to drink.
 
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Yes, I'm not sure if this is a serious post or not, but best to give the benefit of the doubt, so...

As said above, maintaining supply could be an issue, esp during the summer, but a big problem is that you cant drink rainwater !

It's fine for collecting in a drum for the garden, and survival situations (and even then you need to strain and boil it at the very least - and still run a risk) but not for drinking.

Again, as said already, it contains pollution from the air and a host of other airbourne 'nasty' things.

I'm sure it was ok for cavemen (and cavewomen) but they didnt come up with the term 'acid rain' for no reason !

You could set up a treatment process etc, but by the time you did that the cost would probably be too high.

If you really want to sell water, just bottle tap water. I can't recall where i saw it, but on the telly once they did just that, and sold it on the streets of london as 'thames valley tap water' (or the like). People still brought it, and apparently as long as you notify the waterboard and pay an increase in your water rates it is all legal to do.

Given how cheap water is that come out of the tap, it did not seem that hard to make a profit - though It may not be as easy as that once you start taking thousands of gallons (sorry, were metric now - litres) from the waterboard !

All the best

Steve
 
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My first post but i have been l lurking around here a bit latley.

I have an idea to bottle rain water and sell it chilled as a drink in the summer. Trouble is i dont know what needs to be done to be legal. Can i use old milk bottles for example and will it need special labels

Any help would be much appriciated. :)

If you look on Amazon you will find a book about your enquiry: I cannot remeber the toitl perhaps someone can help on this but I remember the authorsone was chinese : Tayking V Pisse and the co-author was Wat A Tossere.
Anyone know the title to assist this entrepreneur?
 
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If you really want to sell water, just bottle tap water. I can't recall where i saw it, but on the telly once they did just that, and sold it on the streets of london as 'thames valley tap water' (or the like). People still brought it, and apparently as long as you notify the waterboard and pay an increase in your water rates it is all legal to do.

Only Fools And Horses, it was "Peckham Spring".

You can sell tap water, providing you label it as "table water" and not "spring" or "mineral" water.
 
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Thank you all. So I need to filter the water any suggestions on how to do this.

I plan to bottle it in the winter when rains a lot so supply wont be a problem. i have somewhere to store it as well until it needs botteling.
 
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when I went on a ski holiday last year in Bulgaria the mineral water there was fantastic I think it was real mineral water and when I buy mineral water from here it tastes just like normal water. I also went on a holiday to Russia about 2 years ago and they also have good mineral water in there that is actually real.
Evian water is really crap and when it is not cold it tastes disgusting

Only Fools And Horses, it was "Peckham Spring".

You can sell tap water, providing you label it as "table water" and not "spring" or "mineral" water.
 
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It all tastes like water to me, and I think it's just one great big con.

Evian and the like are laughing all the way to the bank - but hey ho, people can spend their money as they like - whatever makes them happy.

All the best

Steve
 
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You could have a DIY version - an empty bottle and a funnel with instructions on how to get the rainwater into it. Much cheaper to ship and no labelling or health issues to contend with.
 
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You could have a DIY version - an empty bottle and a funnel with instructions on how to get the rainwater into it. Much cheaper to ship and no labelling or health issues to contend with.

Very good but this is a serious idea just getting the basics sorted to start with :)
 
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ok got the filtering sorted out I think just need to cost it up. Any suggestions on what it could be called?

Maybe

cloud
rain
rain man
heavens above
sprinkling
drizzle

Any suggestions much appriciated
 
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This thread has to be a windup and the replies! those that have replied must be drinking something stronger than water, rainwater or otherewise.
 
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This thread has to be a windup and the replies! those that have replied must be drinking something stronger than water, rainwater or otherewise.

Why would you think that, its easy to collect and store just needs bottling much the same as the mineral waters but its not been through the ground so the extracting it is much cheaper
 
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ok got the filtering sorted out I think just need to cost it up. Any suggestions on what it could be called?

Maybe

cloud
rain
rain man
heavens above
sprinkling
drizzle

Any suggestions much appriciated

Wet dream
Watersports (in a sports cap bottle)
Tsunami
Ethiopian Envy
Drop of the clear stuff
Wet wet wet
Heavy Water
Bladder Teaser
E.co.li.co.uk
 
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Wet dream
Watersports (in a sports cap bottle)
Tsunami
Ethiopian Envy
Drop of the clear stuff
Wet wet wet
Heavy Water
Bladder Teaser
E.co.li.co.uk

Thanks I quiet like "Drop of the wet stuff" and "Tsunami" although that may cause offence in some parts.
 
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If you are thinking this as a your business then make sure that you take care of every hygiene aspects other wise you will be in soup.First set a good water purifier. I think the idea of used bottles is not good , use new bottles for packaging the water.
And clear all the legal issues if there is any one, I don't know much about that, better to consult a good legal practitioner because it is very necessary for this purpose.You can reduce cost of input if you try to reduce the over expenses.
But this is a good idea and keep it up.
 
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I think this idea's brilliant - you could collect rainwater in huge lakes, called maybe 'reservoirs', so that water's available in the drier months. You could then filter it and pipe it directly to people's houses, which saves on bottling costs and all those environmental issues. You could install a 'water meter' on the pipe and charge people for how much they use. Maybe contact Severn Trent Water see if they're interested in investing.
 
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Dont take the angels, the idea is sound and cheaper than getting water out of the ground it just needs filtering which i have looked into and is quiet cheap and easy to do.

Small bottling plant is required and start small scale in my local area and then expand as business takes off.
 
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Forget it mate - save your money

See http://www.savetherain.info ... "What can you use the water for? Filtered, untreated rainwater should only be used for non-drinking or bathing purposes: toilet flushing, gardens and vehicle or yard washdowns."
 
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