Water Analysis
*(Mg/l=milligrams per liter)
*(PP/l=pints per liter)
Bicarbonates: 17-190 PPM
Calcium Ion: ND-52 PPM
Fluoride: ND-1.4 PPM
Magnesium: 1.3-19 PPM
Potassium: 0.69-3.6 PPM
Sulfates: 0.71-26 PPM
Sodium: 2.6-16 PPM
Total Dissolved Solids: 28-250 Mg/l *(except TDS which are parts per million)
Other Principal Components: Nitrate 0. PPM
Company History: High on the south slope of California's San Bernardino Mountains, the home of Arrowhead's first cold-water spring, is a remarkable slice of the natural world. Hot springs bubble up from the earth's surface. Caves can be found filled with steam. Several cold-water streams carry some of the world's most delicious spring water from the mountains above. A rock formation, several acres in size, shaped like an arrowhead, points to these springs.
According to a Native American legend, an arrow from heaven burned the formation on the mountainside to show tribes where they could be healed. During the mid-nineteenth century, "Dr." David Noble Smith claimed that a saint-like being appeared before him and told of a far-off land with exceptional climate and curative waters, marked by a gigantic arrowhead. Smith's search for that unique arrowhead formation began in Texas, and eventually ended at Arrowhead springs in California in 1857.
By 1889, word of the springs, along with a hotel on the site - and belief of the health effect of the water from the springs - had grown considerably. Hotel guests often raved about the crystal-clear water from the cold springs, which prompted Seth Marshall to set up a bottling operation in the hotel's basement. By 1905, water from the cold springs was being shipped to Los Angeles. Today, consumers reach for ArrowheadŽ Brand Mountain Spring Water because it embodies all that is good about the mountains.
Distribution: Western United States
SOURCES
Southern California's San Bernardino Mountains is the location of the original cold-water source for ArrowheadŽ Brand Mountain Spring Water. Once, just five boreholes into this remarkable mountainside site supplied every drop of Arrowhead spring water. Today, the brand's sources span from the United States to Canada, including multiple sites throughout the region of the original source; sources in an extraordinary 11,000-acre watershed outside San Francisco; and sources as far north as the Canadian Rockies. Though their locations vary, each source was selected because of the mountain spring water it provided.
We continue to review our current sources and occasionally seek new sources that meet our mountain spring water requirements and standards.
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