Why is it called spring water?

Water from springs is usually clear. However some springs may be colored by the minerals that are dissolved in the water. For instance, water heavy with iron or tannins will have an orange color. In parts of the United States a stream carrying the outflow of a spring to a nearby primary stream may be called a spring branch or run. read more

A spring is a water resource formed when the side of a hill, a valley bottom or other excavation intersects a flowing body of groundwater at or below the local water table, below which the subsurface material is saturated with water. read more

A spring is a place where groundwater flows out of the ground.A spring may flow the whole year or only sometimes. This depends on the water getting into the ground all of the time or only once in a while (snow melting). read more