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'''Naya Waters''' manufactures, under the name '''NayaInc.''', is a [[bottled waterCanada|bottledCanadian]] company that bottles [[spring (hydrosphere)|natural spring water]], drawn from a spring in the [[Laurentian Mountains]], in southern [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]. Naya's natural springThe water is bottledsold directlyunder atthe thisbrand source,name and it is untreated and non-ozonized,Naya.<ref name="Our Products">{{cite web |url=http://naya.com/en-ca/drink-healthy/are-bottled-waters-all-the-same/ |title=Are bottledBottled watersWaters allAll the sameSame? |author= |publisher=Naya |date= |accessdate=2018-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406230339/http://naya.com/en-ca/drink-healthy/are-bottled-waters-all-the-same/ |archive-date=2018-04-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and naturally [[sodium]]-free.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://naya.com/en-ca/our-products/#naya-natural-spring-water |title=Our Products |author= |publisher=Naya |date= |accessdate=2018-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406230112/http://naya.com/en-ca/our-products/#naya-natural-spring-water |archive-date=2018-04-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

SinceIn March 2021, Naya Waters returned to being a 100% Québec -owned and operated company after being acquired by Champlain Financial Corporation and GefCo.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Corp|first=Champlain Financial|title=Champlain Financial Corporation and GefCo Acquire Naya Waters|url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/champlain-financial-corporation-and-gefco-acquire-naya-waters-829103125.html|access-date=2021-04-10|website=www.newswire.ca|language=en}}</ref>

Naya’s founders searched for five years forbefore a spring with specific qualities and foundfinding the Naya spring at the foot of the [[Laurentian Mountains|Laurentians]] in [[Mirabel, Quebec|Mirabel]], just north of [[Montreal]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}} In 1986, the plant was builtopened at the same location soto thatensure the water could bewas bottled as close to the spring as possible.<ref>{{citeCite web|url=http://www.go-green.ae/green-products_view.php?storyid=1830 |title=Naya -and NaturalQuebec: SpringA Water |author=Love Story |publisherurl=Gohttps://www.naya.com/en/blog/naya-and-quebec-a-love-Greenstory |access-date= |accessdate=20182024-04-06 |website=www.naya.com |language=en}}</ref>

Since August 1995, NAYA has also operated a water bottling facility in the [[Selkirk Mountains]] of [[Revelstoke, British Columbia|Revelstoke]], [[British Columbia]], under the same strict standards as its Mirabel facilities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bottledwaterweb.com/bottlersdetail.do?k=57 |title=Naya Spring |author= |publisher=BottledWaterWeb |date= |accessdate=2018-04-06}}</ref>

The Naya spring is located in [[Mirabel, Quebec|Mirabel]], [[Quebec]] at the foot of the Laurentian mountains, which contain [[aquifer]]s that have formed over millions of years. Naya water is drawn from an aquifer located at a depth of over 30 metres deep. Naya spring water is a natural and renewable resource.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.decideurs.ca/developpement-durable/naya-introduit-50-de-plastique-recycle-dans-ses-bouteilles.html |title=NAYA introduitIntroduit 50% deDe plastiquePlastique recycléRecyclé dansDans sesSes bouteillesBouteilles|publisher=Decideurs.ca |accessdate=2009-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706174944/http://www.decideurs.ca/developpement-durable/naya-introduit-50-de-plastique-recycle-dans-ses-bouteilles.html |archive-date=2011-07-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Naya states that it is committed to [[carbon footprint]] reduction, and recently introduced bottles made from 100% recycled plastic, alsospecifically calledpolyethylene terephthalate ([[PET bottle recycling|rPET]]).<ref>{{cite web |author=La Presse |url=http://lapresseaffaires.cyberpresse.ca/economie/quebec/200907/23/01-886577-naya-a-un-nouveau-proprio.php |title=Martin Vallières : Naya a unUn nouveauNouveau proprioProprio &#124; Québec |publisher=Lapresseaffaires.cyberpresse.ca |date=2009-07-23 |accessdate=2009-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826042603/http://lapresseaffaires.cyberpresse.ca/economie/quebec/200907/23/01-886577-naya-a-un-nouveau-proprio.php |archive-date=2009-08-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This meansfollows thatNaya usedintroducing plastica is25% recycledrPET and utilisedpackaging in the2008, manufacturefollowed ofsoon Nayaafter bottlesby a 50% recycled version.<ref>{{citeCite web |date=2010-01-06 |title=Canadian Spring-Water Company Takes the 100% rPET AVPlunge media|url=https://www.youtubepackworld.com/watch?v=tTnZVg2VgjY |archivedesign/materials-url=https:containers/article/ghostarchive.org13346088/varchive/youtube/20211220/tTnZVg2VgjY |archivecanadian-date=2021springwater-12company-20takes-the-100-rpet-plunge |urlaccess-statusdate=live|title=7 ans de recherche et développement 2024-04-06 Naya|datewebsite=5Packaging MarchWorld 2010|worklanguage=YouTube}}{{cbignoreen-us}}</ref>

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