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Our spring water goes through filtration and sanitation processes, while still maintaining its crisp spring water taste. These state-of-the-art processes require professional knowledge and precision. We understand that when consumers open a bottle of our water they expect quality, and that's what we offer.

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Bottled water is held to strict quality standards. We adhere to federal and state quality standards as well as our own to ensure that our bottled water is safe. Our water is carefully monitored from source to bottle.

Our bottled water undergoes specialized and multiple levels of
filtration that would not be affordable for most other municiple tap suppliers.

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Carefully Sourced

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Our Spring Sources:
Our spring water sources are natural springs, which come from groundwater aquifers. Selection is made on the basis of sustainable quantity of water available for use, the quality and natural protection of the source, and the taste of the water. In house and trained geologists and hydrogeologists monitor our springs regularly at the source. Spring water is collected using state-of-the-art equipment to prevent chances of contamination and to safeguard the water's natural characteristics.

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Our Purified Sources:
Water starts as either well water or municipal supply. All our purified water goes through extensive treatment before it’s bottled.

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Reverse Osmosis

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Reverse Osmosis (RO) is a highly effective treatment method that removes up to 99% of particles from water. The benefit is it removes virtually all type of microorganisms and many chemicals that could be a concern. It also removes most minerals and therefore this process can affect the taste of water making if taste more “flat.” That's why we add minerals for taste to our purified water.

Coagulated Sand Filtration

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Sand filters work by trapping coagulants and sediment in solution, from 0.6 – 1.2 microns in size. They must be backwashed regularly to maintain their effectiveness.

Chlorine Disinfection

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Chlorine is the most widely used water disinfectant in the U.S. and it kills most bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms that cause disease. Chlorine residual stays in the water to protect it as it travels through pipes in municipal systems.

Ultraviolet Light Disinfection

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The combined effects of micro-filtration and ultraviolet light provide added assurance of product safety. Process continually monitored by instrumentation and checked/monitored hourly.

Micro-Filtration

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Specialized two-stage advanced micro-filters, designed specifically for our process, filter the water. These filters are pharmaceutical grade and are designed to remove particles as small as 0.2 micron in diameter. Capable of removing microbiological contaminants. Filtration process monitored hourly and tested daily. By comparison, slow sand filters typically remove 0.6 – 1.2 particles micron in size.

Ozone Disinfection

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Highly effective disinfection process using a form of oxygen. Our disinfection processes work so effectively that no other added disinfectant chemicals such as chlorine need to be added to our waters.

  * Tested every 2.7 million gallons

** No Testing

     NA = Not Applicable

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Process and Testing

Our quality process can be summed up in one word, uncompromising. Our bottle seals in and protects the quality of our water. Our water brands are quality tested 6,000 times per day. That’s 64 times more than tap water and our processes are more thorough than pour-over-filters.

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Is bottled water safer than tap water?

Bottled Water Regulation

Bottled water is stringently regulated for contaminant levels and testing requirements. By law, bottled water must meet higher standards on lead than tap.

Quality Test Comparison

Gallon for gallon, find out how our water testingstacks up to tap and filters.



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