Glenpatrick
Mineral Water Source
Natural
waters bottled in the EU are categorized according to their inherent bacteriological
purity and their protection from contamination. Water sources given the designation
of Natural Mineral Water, the highest designation possible, are naturally
free of harmful bacteria and most importantly must be naturally protected
from contamination by surface activities such as farming etc.
Natural
Mineral Waters are drawn from a wide range of geological environments with
each set of rocks imparting its own chemical signature to the source. The
Glenpatrick source has a total mineral content of 356mg/l.
Glenpatrick source is drawn from an 800m deep borehole, which captures the
Natural Mineral Water as it slowly moves from its remote recharge area in
the Slievenamon Mountains, Co. Tipperary to beneath the Glenpatrick facility.
The construction and depth of this borehole ensures that only the deepest
water is collected for bottling with the overlying protecting layers ensuring
its continuing bacteriological and chemical quality.
Waters
drawn from sources located in limestone rocks are naturally enriched with
calcium which is dissolved from the rock as the water slowly passes from the
recharge area through the pores and fissures. The natural protection afforded
to each source is a function of the thickness of the overlying protecting
layers. The effectiveness of these protecting layers can be seen in the presence
of compounds which are found at the surface and which are not derived from
the host rock.
It
is the combination of the limestone rock, the overlying protecting layers
and the mountainous and remote nature of the recharge area in the Slievenamon
Mountains that gives the Glenpatrick Mineral Water its unique composition
and ensures its continuing natural purity.
2006
© Glenpatrick Spring Ltd
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