Forecasts suggest sales of bottled water will continue to grow, despite worries over plastic waste.
Simon Oldham, joint managing director of Scottish bottled water brand Highland Spring, confirms the increased demand for the fizzy version.
"For many economically developing countries, bottled water serves as a partial solution when safe drinking water is not available," she says. "Many countries have not built the necessary public water distribution systems. For those countries, bottled water is often their only source of safe water. "The publicity and marketing of the bottled water industry, and [by contrast], a lack of publicity for public water supplies, probably has a main role, at least in countries like Spain," she says.
"We are also very fortunate that Scotland's climate has high levels of rainfall throughout the year."
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