I went to my neighbor's store to buy drinking water, and behold, I saw the woman fetching water from her tap inside an empty bottle to be preserved in her freezer. Looking at her overhead tank, where the water is being stored, it's obvious that the tank hasn't been washed since the installation. I was curious to know if she really drinks the water from the tap without any form of treatment, considering how bad Lagos State water can be. I politely asked her, and to my greatest chagrin, she said that her husband usually buys chemicals for water treatment, and from time to time, they open their bore hole and pour the chemicals inside, then allow it to sit for some hours, and then they will start drinking it. Those few hours of their waiting are assumed to be the treatment period of the water, and that is it.
It was such an interesting revelation, and I couldn't keep calm about it, especially seeing that lots of people in our community have been going to fetch her water for drinking instead of buying the usual satchet water for drinking or even bottled water for those that can afford it.
She let the people know that she treats her water well and, therefore, there was no need to spend money on sachets or bottled water for drinking purposes. Looking at this from an angle, it's an act of kindness from her to the people; unfortunately, that's the wrong way of treating water meant for drinking. It's been some months since I started working towards opening a water factory, and I have come to understand that to get clean water worthy of human consumption, it takes long processes. Hopefully, I will explain this in detail by the time I start producing mine. Imagine drinking water from the ground just by pouring chemicals without filtering the particles at least or even boiling.
Indeed, water is life, and for basically everything we do in life, water will always be needed, but when it comes to drinking water, it is important to be intentional about the source for the sake of our well-being, as water easily gets polluted. Clean water is hard to come by in our world today. Here in Nigeria, there are numerous water factories producing drinking water, either in satchets as shown above or bottled water, which is considered so pure but quite expensive. Unfortunately, there are lots of adulterations, people taking a known brand name to fill up the bottles with untreated water just to sell. It's hard to even trust our bottle water nowadays. Before now, my family's source of drinking water was bottled water only. Nestle Water, for example, is a brand we have examined and believed that their water is pure but expensive; however, we kept buying it at least to reduce hospital trips coming from illness from bad water. But the whole narrative changed when the cost skyrocketed and we began to spend a huge amount of money capable of feeding us for a month only on water. We resorted to satchet water again. Even though many water factories I know and have visited don't observe hygiene or get their water treated according to NAFDAC specifications, there are still a few factories whose people's health is one of their major priorities, and those are the factories I patronize through their drivers. You can see the lengths I go to be sure of my source of drinking water.
We have to be deliberate about the water we drink to avoid the unnecessary illnesses that come with consuming bad water. Even in our different homes, most of us have overhead tanks used for storing water after pumping. How often do we wash them and be sure that they're clean enough? This is also something we should consider for anyone for whom healthy living is a priority.
As it stands now, satchet water is my major source of drinking water, and while I still boil them sometimes and have them filled with empty bottled water and refrigerate them, sometimes I drink them without boiling since I buy from companies that are fair enough with their water treatment.
If you don't have access to buying treated water for drinking, I suggest filtration and boiling the water available for you to reach up to 100 degrees Celsius prior to drinking it.
Consumption of unclean water can easily affect our well-being and make our health vulnerable to diarrhea and other illnesses. So to live a healthy life, one has to always drink clean water.
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It's so unfortunate that anything can be abused in Nigeria. A neighbor of mine, when I was in secondary school, had a mini water factory in her shop. All she used to do was to buy the branded sachet water nylon and fill it with borehole water. No treatment. Nothing. Anytime I remember that experience, I feel troubled with people's wickedness.
The quality of water taken into our system matters a lot to our general well-being.
Oh my goodness 🤭🤭
And you didn't report her? Like seriously?
This is true mama
I agree with you on that aspect.
What we drink are suppose to be treated well before taking.
So to help us not contact any form of infection while drinking.
Thank you for sharing this amazing post here ma
I personally look up to seeing your factory and won't mind being your ambassador for the water Factory ma😁😂❤️
Hehehehe, I hope you can make a great ambassador 🥰
Indeed the importance of drinking safe water cannot be over emphasized
Thanks for reading
I sure will o mama😁
It can't mama
That's the true
Thank you for sharing out ma'am.
These are some of the things that make people sick repeatedly even after spending so much on treatments. Drinking water is not something anyone should joke with, atleast if we don't want to be mindful of anything we consume, drinking water should be an exception.
Most people who sell water don't wash their tanks, I even love the woman's sincerity, some would have lied. For sachet water, maybe there are brands we can trust but I am still scared of them, we once bought sachet water and discovered particles of dirts inside. How they got inside only God knows, what of the preservatives used on them?
I was so excited when I read the part of boiling even sachet water, that shows how careful you are. It's so pathetic that even after reading these things most of people will go back and be careless about the kind of water they consume.
Hahaha 😂, only God knows how particles got inside those water, lolz... just stop buying that particular brand..it means they are not intentional with the treatment..try others untill u get the one that is fair
Like I don't know how some people feel safe drinking anything that looks like water without considering the source
It's better to starve on minerals and get a clean drinking water
The well-branded company can also provide untreated water to make huge profit and we can say it from the history. I think we should try to purify water as much as we can for a better and healthier life. At least we can boil water which is not so difficult either.
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Sure... doing it ourselves gives us that guarantee that what we are taking is safe and healthier
The cost of drinking water now is almost equivalent to foodstuff. However, health is the main priority for those who want to enjoy their time without visiting the hospital. And you’re opening your own factory? That’s big news! Well done mama.
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Exactly Deraaa. It's surprising to see how we now spend heavily on drinking water again amidst the current cost of food stuffs
Yes...I have been working on my factory for a long time now. It's capital intensive but hopefully, I will get it done sooner than expected
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Always a pleasure
Water is one important thing we must take cognizance of. Remember I told you how I used to drink cway water because it is one water that is pure and treated well by the company. Now, I am drinking sachet water from a renowned company here and it is better.
My sister will never take any other water aside cway and when she is travelling, she budget for packs of Eva bottled water for the time she would spend on her trip.
Water is a necessity and we must spend to make sure we are taking in clean water.
Your sister is so intentional about what goes into her mouth..babe, leys learn from her.. really disciplined about it
It's better than spending on minerals or malt
Yes oo. I inculcated that act from her and I am glad I did. Clean water all the time.
Big woman Nkem. Starting a water production bussiness does sound very fun and worth it. I wish you all the best.
You have really said a lot. I love the fact that you have visited water production companies and you saw first hand what goes on there. We really need to do better.
Haha, come and be my manager babe 😚😘..lolz
Yea, a walk to different water companies brought some revelations for my good 😊
I’m ready, when can I start work?😅
Pouring chemical into water is really not the way to go, and people including her would be drinking it oblivious of the dangers.
I really look forward to learn the processes of making water safe from you and I wish you success in your water factory plans, it is a good one.
Yea .that's not the right way to good ..I hope she gets informed cos I wasn't able to convince her..or she was standing her ground
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Please ma'am, just try and start your water factory, na only your water I go the drink.
Hahaha 😂, funny babe
If you continue to wait for my water, you will be dehydrated oo 😂
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Water is everywhere but not all of them are safe to use or even drink. We should really intentional about our sources of water.
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You understand my point dear
Good morning and thanks for visiting
We use to use alkaline pot but now we just resolve to sachet water as the water from the alkaline pot worries my mom. With the way sachet water is now expensive, I think os to buy another alkaline pot and then let my mom just be taking the sachet water. When you start processing your own water commercially you would have not saved cost but secure your health and that of your family. All the best dear #dreemerforlife
My dear...I can't wait to start production...it's the water I am going to drink with my family and will do my best to get it treated according to NAFDAC specifications
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I trust you will do us proud by being on the right side with your business. We are all rooting for you dear 😘
The Nigerian society is a funny one.
Majority of us don't know how important it is to be careful about the water we drink.
There are many pure water out there that are not pure.
I just hope someone will see this post and start taking good care of there body system by drinking a good water.
Thank you for this post.
It's a call for action for a healthy living 🤗
Thanks for visiting, dreemer 😍
You are welcome.
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