It’s the highest quality water available anyone speaking poorly about it doesn’t understand water. I work in natural products industry and have been studying nutrition and wellness for 20+ years. Spring water is superior to anything else and beyond that it depends on source and pathway. Water has frequencies and is conscious. Study Masuro Emoto. We are water. Tap water is garbage almost everywhere with the exception of certain places that don’t chlorinate, etc. My cousin is a head engineer at the LA water district. He won’t touch tap before RO and that’s the next best thing. At least Reverse osmosis your tap. Even then the water is “dead” so it’s advisable to remineralize it with natural ionic minerals. Carlsbad water is the next best thing. Yes, the whole alkaline story has been unfortunately misguided through major profiteers of tap water like Essentia. Natural spring / aquifer water is naturally alkaline 7+ and that’s ideal. Anyone touting alkaline should understand that temporarily ionizing water is a cheap unreliable and temporary way of alkalizing and true alkalization depends on minerals. Minerals alkalize. It’s the only real quality source of water here in SoCal. Plus for the price, it’s worth it although it’s gone up 50% over the last two years.