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Castle Rock Water Now Available at Whole Foods in Northern California, Nevada

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The best-tasting bottled water in America is now available in more locations throughout the west coast. Castle Rock Water is now stocked at Whole Foods locations throughout California and Nevada. Why are people so excited about this? Because Castle Rock Water routinely wins awards for being some of the best tasting bottled water in the world, and …

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American Sourced: Where Is the Best Bottled Water in the World?

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There’s a common misperception that bottled water imported from other countries is superior to U.S.-sourced water. Water imported from Fiji, France, Italy, and Norway is perceived to be more exotic, more pure, and better-tasting. What many people don’t know is that the best-tasting water in the world comes from right here in America. Castle Rock Water …

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American Sourced, Part 5: Responsibilities of Water Bottlers

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We are not inheriting this world from our ancestors, we are borrowing it from our children. That’s a quote that resonates because it puts into perspective the importance of caring for our environment and protecting the natural resources we are so blessed to have access to. When we take Earth’s resources for granted, we end …

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American Sourced, Part 3: The Family Owned Water Bottler

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The vast majority of bottled water in this country is bottled and sold by just three major companies. Bottled water is a $12 billion industry. Americans go through about 10 billion gallons of bottled water per year, or about 32 gallons per person. Let’s think about the most important numbers there.  Bottled water is a …

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Help Us Change the Bottled Water Industry

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It’s an ironic truth that most bottled water companies do not take action to protect the environment in which they operate. Unfortunately, nor do they give back to their local communities or pay for the water that they extract from the earth. One of the largest bottled water companies, in fact, has caused controversy by …

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Why Are They Getting Away With It?

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One of the largest bottled water companies on the planet extracted approximately 166.5 million gallons of water from the San Bernardino National Forest over the last three years. For free. There’s some controversy over this because a permit is required to pump the water, but the company in question has been pumping without one since …

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