Abstract
Springs and Bottled Waters of the World is a combined text and data reference book, designed to provide information for the general public, politicans considering legislation, legal and scientific professions, and to governmental employees about springs, springs that provide humans with a major source of water around the world. The book has been prompted by the explosive development of water for private, municipal, and industrial use as well as for the relatively new bottled water industry. The role of springs is described for ancient civilizations, military campaigns and in more recent times, for tourism and health spas around the world (see also Chap. 8 for significant historical facts on springs and bottled waters). No effort has been made to identify all bottled waters or describe them. The editor and authors have travelled extensively around the world and a large collection of bottles and labels for bottled waters has been brought together with a significant number of brochures, technical and popular reports, and newspaper articles on the subject. It is from this source of information that a selected set of bottled waters has been described and illustrated and from which examples of development, use, legislation, regulations, and rules governing bottled waters has been taken. Chapter 8, Famous Springs, provides selected historical material on springs and spring studies along with descriptions of famous springs by leading scientists from different countries. These papers follow a general agenda: source, occurrence, history of development and use, and methods for development.
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LaMoreaux, P.E. (2001). Introduction. In: LaMoreaux, P.E., Tanner, J.T. (eds) Springs and Bottled Waters of the World. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56414-7_1
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