Sitting under that spring is a holding tank which serves as a catch basin for the natural flowing water. From that catch basin, we have a few hundred feet of pipe that carries the water to a reservoir we created at one end of our quarry. Actually we built a 10 foot high dam that created this reservoir which holds several million gallons of Kentucky’s finest spring water. The water is then piped 750 feet to the “water plant”. This is where we bottle the water.
The first step at the water plant is to send the water through our reverse osmosis (RO) system. The last step before bottling is ozonation which takes the place of chlorination.
There are a number of stainless steel tanks from which production lines bottle 12 ounce, ½ liter, 1 liter,1 or 2-½ gallon; or our 3 or 5 gallon large bottles.
The only products that are sold in a “reusable package” are our 3 and 5 gallon bottles, the other products are in recyclable containers. Since the 3 and 5 gallon bottles are returned to us to be refilled we have equipment to thoroughly wash and sanitize them before they are refilled with our Highbridge Spring Water.