Monday, December 21, 2009

Mineral water is ...

Balneology (studying mineral water and its therapeutic and prophylactic use) divides the water: 

dining (salt content up to 1 g / l); 
Medicinal, Table (salts from 1 to 10 g / l); 
treatment (with a salinity of more than 10 g / l). 
To also include treatment of water with high content of one or more biologically active elements (iron, hydrogen sulfide, iodine, bromine, fluorine, etc.), the total mineralization may be low. 

Mineral water is bottled in accordance with the technological instructions and sanitary requirements, compliance with which is certified by special certificates. Before bottling mineral water is filtered through a ceramic or asbestos filters and cleaned from impurities. The content of organic substances in water canteen is not allowed in the dining room treatment should not exceed 10 IPF-1, and in medical - 30 of IPF-1. 

After filtration, the medical-table and therapeutic waters enter the jerk (jerk - equipment for carbonating mineral water and carbonated soft drinks), which are saturated with carbon dioxide under pressure in four of the atmosphere. 

The content of carbon dioxide bottle water should be not less than 0,3%, and iron is even higher - 0.4%. Then, saturated with carbon dioxide water bottled in plastic or PET bottles (volume 2, 1,5 and 1 liter) or glass bottles of 0.5 liters of yellow-green glass. More bottled water, hermetically sealed with special metal or plastic spacers from polymeric material or crusts. 

Canteen of water is also produced in non-carbonated form. In appearance bottled water should be transparent, colorless, does not have a sharp odor and impurities. Slight natural sediment in the water of mineral salts. Each bottle must have a special label, which listed the manufacturer, the name of the water volume, source name and number of wells, salinity and chemical composition, name and designation of water, recommendations for its use and storage, the date of bottling and storage time, the bar code .