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Takeaways on fine water, a growing trend for the privileged in a world that’s increasingly thirsty
Fine water is a growing category worldwide, even in water-stressed countries like India, where one company imports natural spring water that's bottled in sleek glass bottles in Bhutan.
SAMTSE, Bhutan — Millions of people worldwide don’t have clean water to drink, even though the United Nations deemed water a basic human right more than a decade ago.
- Martha Irvine, Associated Press
- ABC
Yet, even as extreme heat dries up more aquifers and wells and leaves more people thirsty, luxury water has become fashionable among the world’s privileged, who uncap and taste it like fine wine.
Fine water is drawn from volcanic rock in Hawaii, from…