WATER!WATER! It's everywhere! It must seem to be that way to many people living in the Sacramento Valley where heavy rains and melting snow in the mountains have caused steams to go wild causing damage down stream. Certainly the people along the coast Gulf states must feel they have seen enough water to last them for a long time. But, here in Virginia, in the eastern section farmers and cattlemen are awaiting rain which,unless it gets there very soon, will be too late for some of them.
Everywhere,now,one sees bottled water selling well. In recent years we have "discovered"' more "springs" than we ever knew we had. At site after site of established old-time medicinal and otherwise springs one can see them have recently been covered over or modified in some way to assure they can be repaired to produce a steady stream of salable "spring" water.
So often that word "spring" is the magic term. Any such term suggests they have been using this valued spring water for many years. You can now enjoy it canned and cooled. Special arrangements have been completed so all of us can depend on having sufficient supplies on hand in spite of the great demand for the pure products from Nature' Old medical claims which used to be associated with springs of various classifications, colors, and taste have been set aside, perhaps for later use should the mania for fresh Spring water wane.
At the moment,I have a bottle labeled forthrightly as being from the Berkley Springs Water Works, Berkley Springs, West Virginia Water Works and and that they have been bottling the tasty fluid since 1974.
I live at Weyers Cave, Virginia which gets its water supply from a site called Dice's Spring. The town uses just a portion of the springs daily output. None is bottled as far as I know.
We have that all the time, but bottled water still sells well, by the case, at local stores.
A.L.M. April 18, 2006 [c356wds]
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