Business guide · PDF + downloadable ZIP
How to Start a Drinking Water Refill Business
Plan a Kenyan drinking-water refill point using measured litres, documented quality release and dated cash assumptions.
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20 planning sections
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- Adjust the included Excel workbook to your own records and assumptions.
- Review the cost assumptions, risks and operating choices behind the model.
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Plan each refill by measured litres and recorded evidence
Follow a fictional batch from 1,200 input litres to 1,140 saleable litres and 1,000 litres sold. Keep process loss, held volume and closing stock separate before comparing refill prices.
- 28-page Edition 3 guide with unit economics, source/quality release, daily break-even and dated cash examples.
- Unchanged seven-tab Excel workbook.
- Four printable records for sourcing, batch release, sales and incident review.
- Four-page free sample.
Figures are fictional. Confirm the requirements and test scope that apply to the exact source, product and refill model before selling.
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The full PDF guide is accompanied by the downloadable ZIP file listed above. The sample lets you inspect the guide format. Review the contents before checkout.
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- PDF guide
- Downloadable ZIP file
Covered decisions
Define the refill service you intend to operate · Write down the product and channel · Test local demand with real orders · and more
Full contents · 20 sections
- Define the refill service you intend to operate
- Write down the product and channel
- Test local demand with real orders
- Compare location and service formats
- Confirm a dependable and lawful water source
- Set a water-quality evidence plan
- Choose and commission treatment with qualified support
- Compare supplier quotations by installed scope
- Accept containers before filling
- Identify every production batch
- Measure process loss and unsold stock
- Work a litre-based refill example
- Track consumables and reorder lead time
- Compare refill and delivery prices
- Calculate daily break-even and downside
- Plan cash by due date
- Confirm permits and compliance for your exact model
- Use the seven-tab workbook in order
- Keep these station records
- Set launch gates before opening
Sources, assumptions & checks
Figures are planning assumptions to check against your own quotes and records. Internal checks do not constitute independent professional advice or funding approval.
Content checked 29/10/2026
- KS EAS 153:2018 Packaged drinking water - Specification
- Bottling Water Requirements
- Drinking Water Quality Guidelines
- Food Hygiene Licensing Checklist
- Water Use Allocation and Permitting
- Environmental Management and Co-ordination (Water Quality) Regulations, 2024
- Testing Laboratories Accreditation
- eTIMS electronic tax invoice management system
- Companies Registry
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