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Show newsvw THE "IN" DRINK The newest "in" drink that's sweeping America comes in a bottle. It has no taste of its own but wins raves for its capability for refreshing. It's available in a variety of types. This popular popu-lar beverage is bottled water. Recent surveys report that sales of bottled water in the U.S. have skyrocketed in recent years. The trend is predicted to continue in the coming decade. . .perhaps .per-haps showing a growth rate of 15 percent annually. You can consider yourself part of the "in" crowd these days if you serve bottled water. Long-accepted in Europe as a table beverage, bottled waters began their creep into in-to the American market as mixers for highballs anu such. In recent years, they've become more popular for their simple, refreshing qualities qual-ities on their own. The four types of bottled water generally available in American markets are spring or well water, specially prepared pre-pared drinking water, distilled dis-tilled or purified water and mineral water. Mineral water is water obtained totally from gov. emment approved natural spring or underground waterbearing water-bearing strata. It is collected and distributed under sanitary sani-tary conditions. No other minerals are added. Spring or well water must come directly from a spring or well Specially prepared water has had its mineral content adjusted to improve taste. Distilled water has had minerals removed to ess than ten parts per mil-ion. mil-ion. Fluoridated water contains con-tains added fluoride to helu retard tooth decay. For a free booklet about bottled water available, send a self-addressed stamped en-' ltTSVhe Inttional Bottled Water Association, 1010 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005. |