24: Number of bottled water companies in Maine*

6: Number potentially effected by proposed 20-cent-per-gallon tax

550: Number of employees at the largest, Poland Spring

$37 million: Annual payroll at Poland Spring

329 million: Approximate gallons of water drawn by Poland Spring in 2005

1: Poland Spring rank for U.S. spring water sales

1,554: Acreage Poland Spring owns at its two bottling facilities in Hollis and Poland

$249.4 million: Value of the facilities and land there

2 to 5 trillion: Gallons of water that seep into the ground in Maine annually, recharging aquifers

448 million: Gallons extracted for bottled water in Maine in 2004

719 million: Gallons used for irrigation in Maine in 2004 (half extracted, half surface water)

559 million: Gallons used for snowmaking in Maine in 2004 (one-third extracted, two-thirds surface water)

* Some companies draw from more than one site, and some draw water for others to bottle.

Sources: Nestlé Waters North America; town assessors; Maine Water Withdrawal Reporting Program annual report, 2005