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Article: West Virginia's water wetting many whistles
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- December 26, 1989
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LINDSIDE, W.Va. From smart shops in Tokyo to the White House
dinner table, water from the mineral springs of Appalachia suddenly
has cachet, and West Virginia bottlers are helping quench the thirst
of the health-conscious.
Water straight out of these hills is just plain good and good
for you, they say.
"Out West, they look at West Virginia as a wild, untouched
area," says Tim Greider, managing director of Quibell Corp., bottler
of the state's best-known mineral water. "They aren't concerned with
pollution from West Virginia. We find that to be a good selling
factor."
Janet McMillion, co-owner of the smaller Nu-Mint Springs Co. in
Lindside, agrees.
"A lot of people in other states ...