· Blenders International · Water Science
Make it or buy it? How a distillery decides whether to build its own blending-water plant
Every bottling line needs near-mineral-free water, and there are only two ways to get it — purify it on site, or buy it finished to spec. Here is what an in-house reverse-osmosis-and-deionisation train really costs to own, which costs buyers routinely forget, and the volume at which the answer flips.