Book Reveals Bottled Water Business Increase

GOICRevealed that the Number of Firms Manufacturing Bottled Water Has Increased from 106 Businesses in 2003 to 183 in 2013

In parallel, the cumulative investments of this sector jumped from 446 million USD in 2003 to 1.6 billion USD in 2013. These figures highlight the extent of new projects that were established throughout the relatively short period of time in order to fulfil the increasing demand for bottled drinking water. In the book,GOIChighlights the increasing labour force in this sector from 10000 to 25600 workers during the same period of time, while the design capacities of various bottled water factories have augmented from nearly 7.5 billion litres in 2003 to almost 15.3 billion litres in 2013.

GOICSecretary General Mr. Abdulaziz Bin Hamad Al-Ageel stated that the Organization has decided to publish the "Industry and Trade of Bottled Drinking Water in the Gulf" in the last quarter of 2014 as part of its specialised issues. The objective of this book is to shed light on this sector which achieved remarkable successes recently. These successes have been driven by the increasing demand for bottled water, a natural result of the demographic boom, the growing health awareness and the increasing needs of restaurants, hotels, public facilities and tourism.

According to Al-Ageel, this book contributes in spreading industrial and economic knowledge and allowing decision makers and stakeholders in the socio-economic development sector to have access to valuable data in GCC countries. "Bottled water is a vital manufacturing industry since it guarantees drinking water, one of the most crucial necessities for human life. It is also an important pillar of food security in the GCC region where natural water is scarce", saidGOICSecretary General.

The book provides an overview of the current situation of the sector and the characteristics of healthy drinking water in accordance with Gulf benchmarks such as using pure water from an unpolluted source in factories that are far from pollution triggers. Furthermore, it highlights natural characteristics of colour and turbidity in accordance with international standards in addition to acceptable taste and smell.

As to chemical characteristics, they determine the proportion of mineral elements (nitrates, arsenic, barium, cadmium, lead, cyanide, selenium, silver, mercury, chloride, copper, iron, calcium, magnesium, manganese, phenols, sulfates, zinc) in accordance with international standards. It also determines the percentage of total dissolved solids and in the case of water treatment with chlorine etc., and radiative, biological and microbiological characteristics and sterilization. The water should be completely free of insects and all microorganisms and microbial pathogenesis.

Source: Zawya

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