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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Martha Irvine and Dar Yasin

Precious water: As more of the world thirsts, luxury water becoming fashionable among the elite

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Monsoon rains have finally passed and floods blocking the lone dirt road have retreated enough for a small truck to climb these Himalayan foothills to a gurgling spring. It spews water so fresh that people here call it nectar.

Workers inside a small plant ferry sleek glass bottles along a conveyer. The bottles, filled with a whoosh of this natural mineral water, are labeled, packed into cases and placed inside a truck for a long ride.

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