Country USA Type Mineral water Bromine (Br2) 0.51 | Source Lithia Springs, GA pH 4.9 Calcium (Ca) 150 | |
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Lithia (also Lithia Mineral Water or Lithia Springs Water) is a brand of lithia water that contains naturally occurring lithium carbonate. Lithia is sourced from Lithia Springs, Georgia, located on the border of Cobb and Douglas counties, twelve miles from the city of Atlanta.
The water contains a high mineral content, as measured by Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) of 2,400 milligrams per liter. It contains the following chemical elements, in amounts of 100 or more micrograms per liter: lithium, calcium, chloride, fluoride, magnesium, potassium, silica, and sodium.
Owned by Lithia Mineral Water, Inc., since 2009, Lithia is currently marketed and sold in the United States.
History
Until 1838 and the Trail of Tears, Lithia Springs was a healing center for the southern Cherokee Nation.
In 1887, Judge Bowden started marketing and selling Lithia Spring water under the brand name Bowden Lithia Water. The same year, Sweet Water Health Resort opened, offering Lithia water and Lithia vapor baths. Mark Twain, the Vanderbilts, Presidents Cleveland, Taft, McKinley, and Theodore Roosevelt were said to have visited the Resort.
Also in 1887, Lithia Springs mineral water won the "Gold Medal Par Excellence" at the Piedmont Exposition in Atlanta.