Arkansas is one of America's most important mineral-water regions. The Ouachita Mountains contain naturally protected aquifers, mineral springs, and historic health resorts that have attracted visitors for more than a century.
Federally protected thermal mineral springs in the heart of downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Premium spring water bottled continuously at source since 1871 — the oldest still-operating American premium spring water.
Natural mountain-fed aquifers supplying premium bottled waters across the region. The Ouachita range's unique east-west orientation traps rainfall in deep, slow-moving aquifers that filter through quartz and novaculite rock.
Hot Springs National Park and Mountain Valley Spring near Hot Springs are the two best known, both fed by Ouachita Mountain aquifers.
Hot Springs National Park water is generally available at public fountains rather than bottled commercially. Mountain Valley Spring Water is the most famous bottled Arkansas mineral water.
The Ouachita Mountains create deep, protected aquifers with consistent mineralization and historic thermal activity, producing some of America's purest spring waters.
