1. Keeps Headaches at Bay: Three-quarters of your brain is water so if you need a top-up, this is one of the first places that will feel it.
       If your headache is caused by alcohol, then drinking lots of water - particularly before bed - will help get rid of it by flushing out toxins and rehydrate the brain. (Note: Beware! It will keep you running to the toilet all night too. Failing that, you'll finish up pee'ing the bed. Axiompc)

2. Reduces Infections: The lymphatic system is your waste disposal system, breaking down toxins like caffeine before passing the into the bloodstream.
       Dehydration weakens the flow of lymph in the system and this makes the body less resistant to infection. With water, the lymph flows properly again, fighting infection and lowering feverish temperatures.

3. Gives you Better Skin: Skin needs water for elasticity, so too little water leaves it dry, looking lined and feeling delicate.

4. Keeps up Your Concentration: Your body needs water to flush out poisons from things like junk food and additives.
       If you are dehydrated, toxins hang around in the liver, making you tired and unable to concentrate. Water swills the poisons out and gets the system moving again.

5. Banishes Bags: Sunken eyes and under-eye circles are signs that you need water. Eyes sink because there isn't enough water to keep them suspended in the eye socket. Under-eye circles are due to thin skin being bruised as fluid drains away.

6. Stops Cramp: Blood transports oxygen to the muscles for activities such as exercise. If there isn't enough oxygen in the blood, the muscles create lactic acid which causes painful cramp. Drinking more water helps to keep blood pumped with oxygen.

7. Reduces Cystitis: A healthy, hydrated body removes waste with light yellow, virtually odourless urine. If you are not drinking enough, the darker urine is more highly concentrated and waste products linger in the bladder, leaving you prone to cystitis and kidney infections.

8. Keeps Bowels Healthy: Without water, the contents of the colon (lower intestine) can dry out and get stuck, eventually causing diverticulitis. Constipation can also be a problem, because water is needed to bulk out faeces. Drinking water, along with taking in water from fruit and vegetables helps to rehydrate this waste.

9. Prevents Fluid Retention: When you are feeling puffy, as women often do before a period, drinking water isn't your immediate thought. But it's the best treatment for reducing fluid retention.
       If your body doesn't get enough water, it senses there is a shortage and begins to retain every drop it needs for vital daily processes.

10. Keeps your Breath Sweet: Bad breath is a classic sigh that you need to boost your water intake. Saliva helps cleanse the teeth of bacteria and keeps the tongue hydrated.
        Lack of water dries the mouth, leads to a furry tongue and prevents bacteria from being washed away, all of which can cause halitosis.

How it is Bottled:
Natural mineral water comes up from the ground through stainless steel pipes and is kept constantly on the move.
It is bottled on site and then checked for bacteria and mineral content.
All mineral waters contain benign or friendly bacteria, the same as other live products such as yogurt.
The tests are taken at random during the first day but results take three days. Companies only ship out the water to customers once it has passed. (The last statement is a joke as facts show. One British company had to recall millions of bottles after tests they ran showed pollution, Nov 2000. Check out the age of it at purchase time.).
Every bottle has a unique number, so if a consumer has a problem, companies can pinpoint the time of production. They can recall the water very quickly.

How it gets to Us:
Spa, the Belgian mineral water, is sent across Europe in trucks and takes one to two days to reach the UK supermarkets.
Perrier comes via train from the south of France. It is stored at a rail depot and distributed by road to customers.
UK companies, such as Buxton and Strathmore, deliver water direct to their customers by lorry.
For Canada's Naya mineral water, the journey is more complicated. After a three-week journey by ship, it takes a day to clear customs and then is taken to the warehouse by truck.
The Natural Mineral Water Information Service says there is no legal requirement for a 'best before' date on water. But it says mineral and spring water have a 'shelf life' of two years.

Why do we Need Bottled Water?
Only snobs try to justify a reason, because in Britain there isn't one. Bottled water is stale, stagnant water by the time you go to drink it and is only slightly better than pool water by that time. The answer to the question is "you don't need it" other than in countries where sanitation is poor and that still includes many, so called "big", European countries. I could name them but would exceed the Geocities memory allowance if I did along with the figures that go to prove it. Axiompc