!!!Mineralwasser

Mineral Water, natural, (until 1994 mineral and table water) comes 
from a subterranean water source, free of any kind of pollution, and 
must be filled from a natural or drilled spring. Natural mineral water 
has to be absolutely pure and must neither be treated in a chemical 
nor microbiological way. Only physical methods like filtering, 
decanting or airing, which do not change any properties (e.g. 
deferrisation) as well as adding carbon dioxide may be employed. 
Exploitation of mineral springs is subject to severe regulations. - 
Sales amounted to 5.7 million hectolitres in 1997, the annual per 
capita-consumption increased from 33 litres (1980) to 
72 litres (1997). - The geographical location of mineral springs 
is determined by Austria´s geological structure. Mineral springs 
are mainly concentrated on fracture border zones in the east and 
southeast. Their composition varies according to their occurrence. 
There are drinking water and bathing springs, as well as a number of 
springs which are not at present exploited.

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Mineral water springs in Austria: Burgenland: Bad Tatzmannsdorf 
(Martinsquell), Deutschkreuz (Juvina), Edelsthal (Roemerquelle), 
Gerersdorf (Guessinger), Kobersdorf (Waldquelle); Poettsching 
(Markus-Quelle), Carinthia: Graebern-Prebl (Preblauer); Lower Austria: 
Laa an der Thaya (Vitus-Quelle), Bad Voeslau (Voeslauer); Upper 
Austria: Frankenmarkt (Frankenmarkter); province of Salzburg: Bad 
Gastein (Gasteiner); Styria: Deutsch-Goritz (Peterquelle), Mettersdorf 
am Sassbach (Rosenbergquelle), St. Nikolai ob Drassling 
(Sulzegger); Tirol: Brixlegg (Silberquelle), Reith im Alpbachtal 
(Alpquell, Astoria).

!Literature
Federal Ministry of Health and Environmental Affairs 
(ed.), Handbuch der natuerlichen Heilmittel Oesterreichs, 1985; C. 
Wagner, Lebendiges Wasser, 1993.


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