Prepared for

The Source

Where it begins.

Every bottle can be traced back to the mountain it came from.

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The thread

Traceable from source to bottle.

  1. Glacier- and snow-fed springs high in the Himalaya, between 2,000 and 3,000 metres.

    Each source is looked after every day by our source partner’s team.

  2. Every batch is tested before it is bottled: pH and TDS on every run, and a full panel each month at an accredited laboratory.

    What is measured: The Proof.

  3. Filtered, balanced and filled in our own plant near Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, in a classified clean room.

    See how it is made in The Craft.

  4. A laser-marked batch and lot code on every bottle and every can.

    Why a number matters: On Numbering Things.

  5. The report for each batch is available on request.

    Request a report

Chapter I · The Place

It begins high in the Himalaya.

Our springs rise between 2,000 and 3,000 metres: above the Kullu Valley in Himachal Pradesh, in the Garhwal Himalaya of Uttarakhand, and in the high valleys of the north-west. Granite and gneiss; pine, fir and alpine grass below the snowline, bare rock above it. Winter buries the slopes in snow, and the melt feeds the springs through the year. At first light the peaks catch the sun long before the valleys do.

A study, not the surveyed site · drag to turn · click to send a ripple
Where our waters come from A schematic map. The Himalayan arc runs across the top, with four source regions marked along it. Lines run from each down to our plant near Bengaluru in the south. Not to scale. North-west Himachal Glacier Garhwal Raipur · office Our plant · Bengaluru
Schematic, not to scale · regions only

Chapter II · The Journey

Time did most of the work.

Snow and glacier melt sink into fractured rock and move slowly underground before they surface as a spring. In the western Himalaya, isotope studies have measured snowmelt supplying between 55 and 96 percent of the flow of mountain springs. The rock filters the water on the way, and lends it its minerals.

The water’s journey, in section A line drawing in section. Snow melts into the ground. The water passes down and through layers of rock and comes out at the spring. Snowmelt Rock Spring
Snowmelt

Chapter III · The Keeper

Someone is always watching over it.

Each source is looked after every day by our source partner’s team on the mountain. They walk up to the intake at first light, check the flow and the screens, draw the day’s samples and log the readings. The water runs by gravity from the spring into a closed tank, and it is never left standing open to the air.

06:00 First light

The walk up to the intake begins.

Chapter IV · The Proof

Measured before it is trusted.

Every batch is measured before it is bottled: pH every four hours on the line, TDS for every batch, and a full panel, microbiology and heavy metals included, every month at an accredited laboratory. The report for each batch is available on request.

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Target pH 7.5 to 7.9

All waters: Incline 7.5 – 7.9 · Black Water 8.0 – 9.5 · Himalayan 7.0 – 7.5 · Coconut 5.0 – 5.4

Batch report layout for the selected variant
Target pH7.5 – 7.9
Total dissolved solids80 to 120 ppm
SourceHimachal Pradesh, about 2,500 m
MeasuredEvery batch; a full panel monthly, at an accredited laboratory
On every packA batch and lot code

pH values are target specifications. Final values are confirmed in each batch report. See the whole range on Collection.

SpecimenThe layout of the record kept for every batch
BatchWaterSourceDate
A1234 INCIncline 700 mlHimachal Pradesh21 Nov 26
pH
7.8
TDS
95
Ca
45
Mg
15
Na
10
Cl−
15
Microbes
0 CFU · E. coli absent

Minerals in mg per litre. An illustration of the format, not a result.

Next · The Craft

How it is made.

The water is only half the work.

Field notes and sources

The general facts on this page come from the work below. Our own sources, process and targets are stated as ours.