The Processing Room:
The plant process room contains alot of specialised and in some cases specifically designed equipment. Shown here is the water treatment equipment, storage tanks and part of a packing line.

Treating the Water:
The incoming fresh water is pre-filtered and then passed through an ultraviolet disinfection unit. The UV treated water is then passed through a further two filters to an ozonation unit and, as the name suggests, generates ozone from the air and injects it into the water stream.

Ozone dosing also acts as a disinfectant or steriliser. Ozonated water is harmless and any residual ozone degrades back to oxygen after a short period. After ozonation the water is passed through a final, much finer filter to ensure its purity before entering the filler header tank.

Bottles & Casks:
Treated water from the header tank is then fed into the bladder (cask) or bottle filling machine. All bottles are rinsed with ozonated water prior to filling. Once each bottle has been filled and capped, they are printed with the specific product details and packed into cartons. The bladders are packed into casks, coded and then dispatched as individual units or can be shrink-wrapped into groups of six.

100ml Pottles:
The pottles are filled with filtered & UV treated water and then heat sealed with a special membrane, they then pass the product coder which individually prints each pottle with the appropriate details. Each pottle is then individually inspected by the packers before being packed onto trays and placed into the automatic bundle wrapper.

The Bundle Wrapper:
Each tray of pottles is wrapped by this machine in a thin film and is then conveyed through a short heat tunnel, which shrinks the film around the tray, holding everything securely in place. This method makes it ideal for transportation & handling. The trays are then packed into cartons before being stacked onto pallets.

The water sourced at Takaka Springs Water has been tested by an internationally accredited laboratory to check its conformance with the "Drinking Standards of New Zealand" issued by the NZ Dept. of Health (1995) and has been found to meet the guidelines as specified in that publication.