Wellsprings : a natural history of bottled spring waters / Francis H. Chapelle ; illustrations by Katy Flynn Brown.
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TextPublication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2005.Description: xvi, 279 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: - 0813536146 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780813536149 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- TD223 .C434 2005
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-265) and index.
I: A history of bottled water -- water from the heart: Why Americans drink bottled water -- Myths and mysteries: the geology of springs -- Medicines and miracles: the chemistry of spring waters -- The urns of Cana: evolution of the bottle -- Hidden life, hidden death: the microbiology of bottled water -- II: The business of bottled water -- The winds of fashion: a history of drinking water -- Paying dues: the bottled water business -- The battle of ice mountain: bottled water and the law -- III: An endless sea -- An endless sea: regional geology and the variety of spring waters -- Granites and glaciers: the northeast -- The land of springs: Florida -- Desert crossings: the southwest -- Silver clouds below: California and the Pacific northwest -- Zen and the art of water quality: what makes "good" water good?
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