Bottled water is a safe product.  It is regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a food product, and these regulations, by law, must be as strong and protective of public health as the EPA’s regulations for tap water.

Our bottled waters come in mainly two types – spring water and purified water.  Our spring waters come from carefully selected springs that are usually in less developed areas.  We purchase acres of land around most of our spring sources and leave it as open space as an added measure of protection. 

Purified water, like our Nestlé® Pure Life® branded water, may begin as groundwater or municipal water, but goes through significant processing including granular activated carbon and reverse osmosis, which are specialized treatments not typically used in municipal supplies. 

Our waters are further protected by a comprehensive testing scheme. We test incoming water for every line at our manufacturing plants, and also test samples of water produced on every line everyday. 

The sealed bottle itself also preserves the quality of the water by providing a barrier to outside exposure. 

If you’d like to know more about the quality of our waters, please refer to our water quality reports, similar to those published by public water utilities. These are published for all our brands. They are available online or by calling the toll-free number on your bottle label.

Tap water in the U.S. is also known to be high quality and safe. Information about tap water quality can be found at the Environmental Protection Agency Web site.