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 -- 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?
