I: A history of bottled water
water from the heart: Why Americans drink bottled water
Myths and mysteries: the geology of springs
Medicines and miracles: the chemistry of spring waters
The urns of Cana: evolution of the bottle
Hidden life, hidden death: the microbiology of bottled water
II: The business of bottled water
The winds of fashion: a history of drinking water
Paying dues: the bottled water business
The battle of ice mountain: bottled water and the law
III: An endless sea: regional geology and the variety of spring waters
Granites and glaciers: the northeast
The land of springs: Florida
Desert crossings: the southwest
Silver clouds below: California and the Pacific northwest
Zen and the art of water quality: what makes "good" water good?
