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Call: (805) 964-4211

Santa Barbara, CA 93117-3806

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Our Process

Our Water Process

Our bottled water meets all federal and state health standards. FDA Regulates bottled water as a food product, whereas EPA regulates tap water as provided by water utilities. Standards of quality enacted by the FDA for bottled water must be as protective of the public health as EPA'S standards (known as Maximum Contaminant Levels) for tap water. Ensuring the safety of our water is our primary objective in providing our product to the consumer.

Our Purification Process

At Mountain Spring Water of Santa Barbara, we take pride in producing consistently clean, great-tasting purified water. Our water goes through a comprehensive, multi-stage purification process at our Santa Barbara facility before it is bottled and delivered to our customers.

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  1. Water Softening
    Our process begins with local municipal water, which first passes through our water-softening system. This reduces hardness minerals and prepares the water for further purification.
  2. Carbon & Fine Filtration
    The water then passes through carbon and fine filtration to reduce chlorine, sediment, odors and other unwanted compounds before entering our reverse osmosis system.
  3. Reverse Osmosis
    Reverse osmosis is one of the primary purification steps in our process. Water is forced through specialized membranes that remove dissolved minerals and other impurities, producing highly purified water.
  4. Deionization
    After reverse osmosis, the water undergoes deionization for additional purification and removal of remaining dissolved ions.
  5. Storage & Final Polishing
    The purified water is transferred to our sealed storage system. Before bottling, it receives additional polishing through mixed-bed deionization and high-purity carbon filtration to help ensure exceptional purity and taste.
  6. Ozonation
    As a final treatment step, the purified water is treated with ozone prior to bottling. Ozone is a powerful disinfectant commonly used in the bottled-water industry and leaves no chemical taste or residue.
  7. Bottling
    Our reusable bottles are thoroughly washed and sanitized before filling. The purified water then moves through our enclosed bottling system, where each bottle is filled and capped for delivery to our customers.
  8. Quality You Can Count On
    Mountain Spring Water of Santa Barbara has been serving the Santa Barbara area since 1917. For more than a century, our focus has remained the same: providing our customers with high-quality purified water and dependable local service.

Our Bottling Process

  1. The 3 & 5 gallon bottles are run through an industrial bottle washer that cleans and sanitizes the bottles using special detergents, scrubbers and "Medical Ozone" rinse water.
  2. The purified water from the storage tanks is passed through another 1 micron filter to add "polish". This ensures the water has a great taste.
  3. Polished water is pumped into an ozone holding tank. This step allows ozone to permeate the water and disinfect it. This assures that not only is the water exceptionally clean, but it is also completely safe from microorganisms.
  4. Our delicious water is pumped to the water filler heads of the bottling machine where it goes into the cleaned and sanitized bottles.
  5. The full bottles are capped inside the bottling machine and the finished bottles of water are sent down a conveyor to be date coded.
  6. The bottles are placed on water delivery racks to await loading on our delivery trucks.
  7. The water is then delivered between 4 and 6 days of the bottle being capped. Ensuring you the freshest, purest water available.