FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Why is Hawaii the only place to get this water?

Hawaii is unique for two reasons.

1. --- For the most part, these ancient waters are so deep (thousands of meters) that it cannot be accessed by conventional means.   It travels on the deepest floor of the world's oceans, out of reach.  Near Hawaii though an event called upwelling occurs.  As the deep sea current approaches Hawaii it starts to come closer to the surface as it glides around these remote islands.  It comes close enough to the surface that the extremely deep pumping station at NELHA (Natural Energy Laboratories of Hawaiian Authority) on the big island of Hawaii near Kona can tap into it at the extraordinary depth of 1000 meters.  Contrary to a similar upwelling of this current in the Indian Ocean, the surrounding waters of Hawaii are remote, unpolluted and many centuries older.                                                                                                 
2. --- Secondly, Hawaii is unique because of its geological structure.  The islands are the tips of massive undersea volcanoes that plunge at a very steep angle into the fantastic depths of the Pacific Ocean.  This allows the pipeline to extend very deeply while not being too far from shore.  If it were not for this steep shoreline it would not be economically feasible to attempt to reach this depth of 1000 meters.  Other countries might wish to extract water from so deep a source but their continental shelves make it impossible.   They can only extract from the shallow areas and with shallow water comes pollution and contamination.  

How do we know the water is indeed older than 1000 years?

--- It is well known and documented by the scientific community that deep ocean currents do not mix.   The different densities and temperatures of these currents effectively isolate them from one another and the rest of the ocean in general.   The deepest currents are the coldest and most salty.   There is a miniscule amount of mixing that occurs near the extreme edges of these currents but the adjacent water is also very deep and isolated in its own right.   The net effect is a very stable current of water that is untouched by the outside world and has remained so for centuries.   Since the current moves so slowly and the water is so old there is great confidence it does not contain any trace of the modern industrial pollutants that plague so many other global water sources.   Scientific data from a variety of sources has put this water's age somewhere between 1200 and 2000 years.  

How do we know the water we buy is really this Hawaiian Deep Sea Water?

--- We live in a world of imitation and knockoffs.   No company or product is immune to this corporate form of theft.   To combat this problem the governmental body that strictly controls access to this resource (NELHA) has trademarked its logo and only bottlers that are officially recognized and sanctioned by NELHA can put this logo on their product and claim it to be 100% Hawaiian Deep Sea Water.   You must not only look for this label but also know that only trusted distributors have access to this resource.   Look for a name brand you trust delivered by people you trust.  

What is in this water?

--- There are no additives of any kind in this water.   Mother Nature has fortified it naturally with six mineral and dozens of trace minerals.   Scientific analysis has identified more than 70 trace minerals in seawater.   Trace minerals are necessary for normal growth and health but the exact amount needed have not been determined.   Suffice it to say the chemical makeup of seawater is amazingly similar to the chemical makeup of the blood in our bodies.   Our reverse osmosis desalination process gently removes only the excess salt from this water to yield a mineral rich and naturally refreshing drink that we can all use in confidence.