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QUALITY STANDARDSSnow Valley bottled water meets or exceeds all federal and state health standards. The United Sates Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates bottled water as a food product, whereas the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulates tap water that is provided by water utilities. Standards of quality enacted by the FDA for bottled water must be as protective of the public health as EPA's standards --- known as Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCL's) --- for tap water. Ensuring the safety and quality of our water is our primary objective in providing our product to you, the consumer. We voluntarily undergo inspections from the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF). The NSF is an independent, not for profit organization of scientists and engineers that establish requirements to which a bottler must comply to be able to receive and maintain a certification. Snow Valley's water is certified by the NSF. WATER SOURCESnow Valley uses a protected spring in central Pennsylvania as the source of our water. The spring is located in pristine, protected reserves far from farming and industry and surrounded by protected forest lands. This spring brings water to the surface from aquifers far below the earth. This source water is completely safe to drink. We test our sources regularly to verify that they are of extremely high quality, free of harmful bacteria, viruses and other contaminants. This water is transported in stainless steel tankers to our bottling facility in Maryland. BOTTLING PROCESSOur bottled water is protected by a multi-barrier approach which includes steps such as source protection and monitoring, and treatment including one micron absolute filtration, and ozonation. The filtration would remove sand and odors and harmful viruses like giardia cyst and cryptosporidium. All of our bottled water is ozonated. We use ozone instead of chemicals like chlorine because ozone leaves no residual and it does not cause a taste and odor problem. Ozone is oxygen (O3 to be exact), which is bubbled through the water just before it goes into a clean, sanitized bottle. Within a few hours after the bottle has been filled and capped, the ozone dissipates or converts back to the same form of oxygen that we breathe (O2). Again, these treatments are precautions as the water is coliform free and safe to drink from the source. Bottled water products labeled as spring water must come from protected sources which are monitored frequently. TABLE 1: SNOW VALLEY BOTTLED WATER ANALYSIS We regularly test for organic and inorganic chemicals that are regulated by the FDA. As an extra safeguard we also test for unregulated contaminants. No contaminant was detected above FDA's limits in our testing as demonstrated by Table 1. There have been no violations of any FDA Standard of Quality. All inorganic chemical results are reported in mg/L except where noted otherwise. Organic and volatile organic chemicals results are reported in ug/L except where noted otherwise. ND means Not Detected.
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