The quality of drinking water is regulated in most countries under recommendation and legal requirements.      For developing countries regulations   are framed by   World  Healh. Organization (WHO)     since 1984  and  onwards.  Normally ground    water and  surface   water (River, lacks, springs) are used for bottler's choice of water.In the present paper  we have evaluated the pure    water supplied by many factories in bottles with    different  brand  names.   Such  mineral  water   was  analyzed  for  different physical   and chemical  parameters.  The quality of bottled   water   is compared   with  U.S.   Federal  Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines for bottled    water and World Health Organization standards for drinking water.


T G KAZI ,M H S WATTOO ,F ANWAR ,M A JAKHRANI ,