![]() ![]() The first commercially distributed water in America was bottled and sold by Jackson's Spa in Boston in 1767. ![]() Daniel Defoe noted in 1724 that there were over 15 glasshouses in Bristol, "which are more than in London.and vast numbers of bottles are used for sending the water of the Hotwell not only over England but all over the world." 'Bristol Water' taken from the spa at Hotwells was one of the first drinking waters to be bottled and marketed widely. The demand for bottled water was fueled in large part by the resurgence in spa-going and water therapy among Europeans and American colonists in the 17th and 18th centuries. Sizes range from small single serving bottles to large carboys for water coolers.Īlthough vessels to bottle and transport water were part of the earliest human civilizations, bottling water began in the United Kingdom with the first water bottling at the Holy Well in 1622. For the containers themselves, see Water bottle.īottled mineral water being poured into a glass Bottled water dispensed in a water cooler A portable water container with a tap on bottomīottled water is drinking water (e.g., well water, distilled water, reverse osmosis water, mineral water, or spring water) packaged in plastic or glass water bottles. ![]()
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