About our water
York Tang and Marc-Olivier Hassoun representing Aquagold receiving the 2008 CICC Compassionate Award at the Great Hall of the People Beijing.
Less than one percent of the earth’s total water mass is available for human consumption. 97,5% of the total water mass is ocean water and is not fit for us to drink. Of the remaining 2,5%, two thirds is glacier ice. Water doesn’t respect national boundaries, in fact its distribution on earth is very uneven. 9 countries in the world hold upwards of 60% of this precious resource. In regions of the world experiencing rapid population growth, the demands for drinking water are simply not being met. Based of fresh water sources per capita, 25% of the world’s population lives beneath acceptable conditions and projections for the future are concerning. Aquagold International understands these facts and believes in the careful management of this life essential resource to ensure sustainable long term-supply.
AquaGold’s proprietary brand of spring water called "AQUAGOLD" is bottled on a Native Reserve, the Mohawk Nation Territory of Akwesasne in Canada by Iroquois Water Ltd.. The production facility is 56,000 square feet with an adjoining 72,000 square foot warehouse. The manufacturing facility is equipped with the most technically advanced, fully integrated Krones high-speed bottling line easily expandable to multiple bottling lines. The bottling process is fully automated thereby preserving the integrity and quality of the finished product.
AquaGold International’s manufacturer, Iroquois Water Ltd., has been recognized by Wal-Mart, the Canadian Bottled Water Association (CBWA), the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA), and the National Sanitation Foundation as a superior quality producer, notably receiving a very high score on the Wal-Mart plant inspection and receiving awards for quality and excellence in manufacturing from the CBWA. The water is described as being of premium quality and it is extracted from two sources: Rouge River in Calumet, Quebec being the primary and Adirondack conservation area surrounded by 1000 acres of mature forest in Chateauguay, New York. The spring water is sodium free and has a very low fluoride content of only 0.05 ppm for both sources. Its pH value is perfectly balanced at 7.2 pH, which is equivalent to that of the human body.
The water is considered to be very responsive to current taste trends and meets all government quality standards, including those of the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA). FDA’s standard for Total Dissolved Solids for spring water is 500 mg/L, however, the ideal level for the most acceptable taste to the consumer is between 100-200 mg/L. The spring water has a TDS of 170 mg/L for the Chateauguay source and 160 mg/L for the Bell Falls, Quebec source. Both sources of the water are confirmed to be reliable to produce natural spring water with consistency for a virtually indefinite period of time.