Do Coffee, Tea or Alcohol Dehydrate Me?

While caffeine is technically a diuretic (it increases water excretion from our bodies), you retain most of the water from caffeinated beverages, such as coffee, tea and soft drinks. Alcohol, on the other hand, particularly at high doses, can cause you to excrete more than you consume. One drink, especially of beer, won't do much (it's about 92 percent water), but wine and hard liquor have more of a dehydrating effect because of their high alcohol content.

Source: EatingWell.com

TritonLine 900 Large-Bottle Washer, Filler and Capper

TritonLine 900 Large-Bottle Washer, Filler and Capper

Norland’s new TritonLine™ 900 automatically washes, fills and caps 3-to-5-gallon bottles of virtually any style simultaneously, without the need for any hand-sorting or equipment adjustments. The TritonLine 900, shown here, washes, fills and caps up to 900 bottles an hour.


TritonLine 900 System Features:

1.900 bottles per hour capacity

2.Handles multiple-sized bottles simultaneously with no manual adjustments.

3.Easy to hook up: just two supply water connections and two drains.

4.Both washer and filler use the same electrical connection.

5.Stainless steel piping used throughout helps provide longevity, durability and virtually eliminates maintenance.

6. Pre-stretched stainless steel drive chains ride on self-lubricating UHWM support guides to eliminate risk of grease contamination.

An Interview with Dan Gabriel, President and CEO of Aloha Water Company, Inc. of Aiea, Hawaii Part 3

An Interview with Dan Gabriel, President and CEO of Aloha Water Company, Inc. of Aiea, Hawaii Part 3


5. Norland’s equipment is made with the operators in mind. How did you find the learning curve for you and your employees?


A: Norland's equipment is very user friendly and is of the utmost quality. My business and expertise in the water business has me now designing, consulting, and building Bottled Water Plants around the world. As I said, I am in the process of designing 2 bottling plants outside of the country right now. I also represent Norland as a distributor of their bottling and water manufacturing equipment, which I recommend when designing bottling plants.

6. How has the “after the sale” service that Norland has provided you with been? Do you get answers to your questions in a timely fashion?

A: Norland’s support center has been tremendous and invaluable to us. They are always quick to respond to our needs in a timely and efficient manner. This is very important to us being so very far away from everything here. Not only are they quick to respond, but they are also very knowledgeable in what they do. I always feel confident that we are getting the best that Norland has to give when I'm dealing with them

7. Sam Noordhoff and Patrick McFarland are your personal contacts with Norland. How has your experience been thus far working with Sam and Patrick?

A: Sam and Patrick have just been simply the best of the best when it comes to Company owners that really care about their clients and their employees too. It really shows in the way they treat you, that they really care. I have yet to meet company owners that have the integrity, knowledge, and foresight that Sam and Patrick have. They are a BIG reason why I am a Norland Distributor.

Mahalo to Dan Gabriel of Aloha Water for taking the time to share his story with the Norland audience.

An Interview with Dan Gabriel, President and CEO of Aloha Water Company, Inc. of Aiea, Hawaii Part 2

An Interview with Dan Gabriel, President and CEO of Aloha Water Company, Inc. of Aiea, Hawaii Part 2


3. How did you find out about Norland International and how did you decide to go with Norland’s Oxo-Biodegradable products and bottling equipment?


A: I have known about Norland for many years, just by doing my research for a good company that manufactures quality equipment at an affordable price for small privately owned companies like mine. I have purchased quite a few pieces of equipment from Norland, and I am currently working on 2 more bottling plants that will include Norland equipment.

4. You are using Norland’s Oxo-Biodegradable caps and a BW150 Bottle Washer and Filler in your water bottling operations. What has your customers’ responses been to hear you are going green?


A: Being a distributor of Norland's Oxo-Biodegradable caps was a “no brainer” for me. I am my own best customer, and we are selling these biodegradable caps to most of my competitors (at least to the smart ones) to create a more Earth-friendly environment here in Hawaii. It's been a real hit here. People here in Hawaii care about our environment because we live in such an Eco-sensitive place.

An Interview with Dan Gabriel, President and CEO of Aloha Water Company, Inc. of Aiea, Hawaii Part 1

Perseverance and hard work has paid off for Dan Gabriel. He’s a local boy, or “Kama’aina”, and founder of Aloha Water Company, Inc. in Aiea, Hawaii. As President and CEO, he has led and guided his company into a thriving bottled water business. Read below about a ‘Kamaaina’ who built and grew his family business that has thrived for over 15 years.


1. Would you please tell us a little about yourself-family, friends, where you grew up, and hobbies, etc?

A: I was born and raised on Oahu, Hawaii. I attended community college at Leeward community college on Oahu, and Tacoma community college in Washington State. I met my wife in Washington, moved back to Hawaii to start a family and opened up a plumbing/handyman service. I did real well and specialized in water treatment equipment in Hawaii. I founded Aloha Water company in 1994. I have 2 wonderfully responsible sons. Both of my sons work for the company.

My hobbies are primarily sports. Basketball has always been big in my household. My sons both played high school ball, and excelled both individually and as a team, with both of them playing in Hawaii State finals for State championships.

2. How many years have you been in the water bottling business and how did you decide to get into this business?

A: I got into the water business by accident 28 years ago just by being a plumber. Companies had just started coming to Hawaii to sell water treatment equipment to household end users. They needed plumbers to install them. I was just in the right place at the right time. I got lucky.

My wife and I saw an opportunity to supply bottled water to our customers and have seen double digit growth for most of our years in business.

Freedom 100 Large-bottle Blow Molder

The Freedom 100 PET large-bottle blow molder from Norland International is ideal for bottling plants looking to greatly reduce bottle costs by switching to PET from PC bottles and manufacturing them on site.


The Freedom 100 Features and Benefits Include:

•Reduced cost per bottle increases bottom-line by 25-50% (from $6.50-1PC bottle to approximately $2.50-1PET bottle). When shipping empty 5-gallon PC bottles in a 40' container only 2000 can be loaded. But up to 15,000 PET preforms can be shipped in the same sized container, greatly reducing shipping costs. .
•Tighter inventory control; make your own bottles when you need them, minimizing inventory storage and vendor delivery problems.

•Easy to use. One operator. (Approximately 30-sec. between emerging heated preforms, to allow operator to blow bottle and return for the next one.)

Norland’s Steps to Success: Tip #1 - Testing your Feed water Part 3



What type of water do you have?

Artesian Spring / Artesian Well Water: Bottled water from a well that taps a confined aquifer (a water-bearing underground layer of rock or sand) in which the water level stands at some height above the top of the aquifer


Well Water: Bottled water from a hole bored, drilled or otherwise constructed in the ground, which taps the water aquifer. A water well is an excavation or structure created in the ground by digging, driving, boring or drilling to access groundwater in underground aquifers.

Sparkling Bottled Water: Water that after treatment, and possible replacement with carbon dioxide, contains the same amount of carbon dioxide that it had as it emerged from the source. Sparkling bottled waters may be labeled as "sparkling drinking water," "sparkling mineral water," "sparkling spring water," etc.

Contact Norland International today for pricing and availability for your Comprehensive Bottled Water Test Kit.  We look forward to helping you and working with you to design your plant and realize your entrepreneurial dreams.