Medical Hydrology and Balneology: Environmental Aspects

Recent contributions of the Geological Survey
of Spain (IGME) in mineral water
Corral MM (1) , Ontiveros C (1) , López-Geta JA (1)
(1) Geological Survey of Spain (IGME), Madrid, Spain
mm.corral@igme.es
The Geological Survey of Spain has developed in recent years some projects
with the goal of obtaining a deeper knowledge about mineral waters of Spain. At a
Regional level it is important to remark those ones that were developed in association
with the spanish regions of Galicia and Castilla y León.
Both projects have been the origin of two publications about mineral waters in
those regions, studied in all its complexity: Several mineral waters and other ones
with the potential to be declared as so have been identified an analyzed. Some of
them have been evaluated as potentially able to be used by new enterprises (Bottled
mineral water plants and balnearys). A central aspect of both publications has been
the definition of hydromineral sub-domains in Galicia and Castilla y León, based on
the hydromineral domains defined in Spain during previous projects developed by
the Geological Survey of Spain. Others aspects included have been history and
legislation about mineral waters in Spain.
Balnea
2012, núm. 6, 226
226
ISBN: 978-84-669-1887-0
978-84-669-3482-4