Now that www.aquifer-ocean.com has been on the web for a while, here is the rest of the story:
The intent is to create a water bottling company that uses desalinated sea water in the bottling process. - Bottled water sells well all over the world but we are running out of sources. Springs, wells and other pristine sources of fresh water are either taken or are straining under the stress of withdrawal and the environmental concerns are eager to protect and save what few pristine sources of water we still have.
Preliminary number crunching:
A 50,000 ton tanker for example, properly modified, either fixed in place or sailing, can generate 13 million gallons of water. If this ship averages 3 loads a month 11 months a year it makes 435 million gallons of water per year. 1 cu meter = 1 ton of water = 1 metric ton = 35.314 cu ft. 1 cu ft = 7.48 gallon
Test:
1 cu meter = 35.314 cu ft = 264 gallon.
50,000 cu meter x 35.314 = 1,765,700 cu ft capacity per load.
1,765,700 x 33 = 58,268,100 cu ft x 7.48 = 435,000,000 gallon.
A working tanker like that costs about $ 25,000.00 per day to own and operate.
That’s $ 9.125 million, say $10 million per year.
Bottled drinking water, anywhere in the USA, costs at least $ 1.00 per gallon.
$10,000,000.00/ 435,000,000 gal = $0.023 per gallon cost of water. Triple this for bottles, bottling and distribution = $0.07 cost of production.
10,000,000 + 435,000,000 x 0.07 = 10,000,000 + 30,450,000 = $40,450,000.00
435,000,000 gal x $1.00 = $435,000,000.00
$435,000,000.00 - $40,450,000.00 = $394,550,000.00 per ship per year.
In other words, one ship can generate a cash flow of about $394 million and if these numbers are 50% off that is still $197 million.
Heinz G. Stripp,
Founder, Aquifer Ocean LLC.
PS: You can check these numbers yourself. These numbers crunch.