1) The Watertown, SD Municipal Water passes through a carbon filter to remove any chlorine, bad tastes and odors. Also in this picture is the softener. This filter removes minerals that cause water hardness providing soft water to the Reverse Osmosis System.

2) Any other remaining impurities are removed via the reverse osmosis process resulting in virtually pure water.

3) The water is stored in these tanks. Each holds 2500 gallons of water. The storage tanks include a micron air filter that is designed to ensure the product water stored inside remains fresh and dirt and bacteria free. Also included is an activated carbon filter to destroy excess ozone that is vented from the storage tank.

4) Finally, for water that is safe and fresh testing, we ozonate the water to kill any bacteria. The product water contained in the storage tank and delivered to the fillers is treated with ozone to maintain its freshness and great taste and to ensure it remains bacteria free. Within hours of bottling, the ozone dissipates into harmless oxygen. Thus, giving you great tasting water that is germ free!!!

5) Feed Table. This is where the bottles are first loaded onto a Feed Table which automatically separates the bottles and feeds them onto the inlet conveyor.

6) Bottle Rinser. The bottles are rotated with a motor driven arm that is safe and reliable. Once the bottles are turned upside down, they are thoroughly rinsed with water. This rinsing operation is designed to eliminate particulate matter such as dirt or dust from the bottles. Nozzles direct the water inside the bottles for an effective rinsing operation. The bottles drain and are on the inlet conveyor where they are fed into the filler. The entire operation is automatic.

7) Bottle Filler. The bottles enter the Filler on the inlet conveyor and are counted by the inlet optical sensor. When the set number of bottles is counted the inlet gate closes. Bottle clamping forks clamp the bottlenecks and hold each bottle in position directly under the fill nozzle during the entire filling process. When the bottles are filled to the set level the flow of water is stopped, the clamping forks open and the exit gate retracts allowing the bottles to exit the Filler. The outlet optical sensor counts the number of bottles leaving the filler and when the set number of bottles has exited, the Filler begins again.

8) Labeler/Capper. The bottles are then transported to the labeler. The bottles are then rotated with a motor driven belt that is safe and reliable. As the bottle enters the labeler it is detected by an optical sensor. The microprocessor controller then feeds a label out from the label knife roller at the same time the bottle passes by. The label is pressed on as the bottle is rotated by the moving bottle belt. After the bottle picks up the label, it picks up a cap and the cap is pressed down onto the bottle threads. The bottles then are transported to the cincher.

9) Cincher. This is where the caps are pressed and tightened. The bottles are then fed onto a rotating holding tray or conveyor.

10) Date Coder. This ink jet system prints a code on a moving object as it passes by a stationary print head. This is how the production date and expiration date gets put on the bottle.

11) Case Packer. The bottles are fed onto the case packer and are automatically collated into their respective formats in the upper collating zone of the case packer. Pre-constructed cases or trays are manually placed onto the lower case conveyor unit and are automatically moved into the drop zone of the case packer. When a case or tray is in place, the collated bottles automatically drop into the case or tray in the desired configuration. The filled case then moves out of the drop zone and up the elevating conveyor to be taped and placed on a pallet.