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Mineral waters
WATER
Water flows clear from about a dozen well-known Alps springs. What determines Vicentine mineral waters purity is Dolomia, the rock which central and eastern Alps are made of. This waters are famous for their low fixed residual and for their advantages for human health.
Mineral waters
Northern Vicenza’s territory is named Little Dolomiti (Piccole Dolomiti), it has several mineral springs which water comes from
Pre-Alps melting ices. Waters from Alps seep Dolomia rocks which free gradually their natural healing powers.
Vicenza’s mineral waters belong to light oligomineral waters tipology because their fixed residual content is very low; they are especially advised as therapy for kidney disease by helping diuresis.
This kind of mineral waters are low salted because they cross rocks too fast preventing mineralization processes. Moreover, rocks are too compact to melt an excessive amount of salts into water.
Diuretic effect of oligomineral solutions has been attested by many scientific studies. Besides many pediatrics schools suggest to use oligomineral waters while breastfeeding and to dilute milk for babies feeding.
Bottling activity is done mainly in Posina and Recoaro Valleys and on Pasubio Valleys.
TRADE FAIRS AND EVENTS
Recoaro Terme
(beginning
of august)
Festa dell’Acqua
(Water festival)
Ph.:
+39 0445 75041
MINERAL WATERS RANKING
Mineral waters ranking is done upon the basis of a laboratory test called “Fixed
residual to 180°C” where is measured how much minerals are present in a litre of water. Water should evaporate to 180° C, in this way residual minerals should be weighed.
- LITTLE MINERALIZED: if fixed residual amount or average of mineral salts content is not higher than 50 mg/l
- OLIGOMINERAL OR SLIGHTLY MINERALIZED: if fixed residual amount is not higher than 500 mg/l
- MEDIUM MINERALIZED: if fixed residual amount between 501 and 1500 mg/l
- PROFUSELY MINERALIZED: fixed residual amount higher than 1500 mg/l.
As water moves through soil and rock, it dissolves very small amounts of minerals and holds them in solution. Calcium and magnesium dissolved in water are the two most common minerals that make water "hard." The degree of hardness becomes greater as the calcium and magnesium content increases.
Water hardness is measured in “french degrees” (°F). 1 °F is equal to 0.01g. of Calcium Carbonate for each litre.
There are many hard water ranking scales, we relare the following:
- Light or sweet: hardness less than 15°F
- Medium: hardness between 15 and 30°F
- Hard: hardness higher than 30°F
pH
pH allows to measure how much water is acid (like lemon and vinegar) or basic (like soda); for example vinegar has a pH of about 4, lemon 3, but a solution of
bicarbonate of soda about 9.
Distilled and carbon dioxide-less water pH is 7 to 25°C. This pH cyphre establish
neutrality, cyphres lower than 7 establish acidity and higher than 7 establish basicity.
pH of natural mineral waters is generally between 6,5 and 8,0.
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