levels of about 0 25 and about 0 50 by weight of the fiber were applied to individual molten polymer streams using a continuous dual treatment region configuration to produce samples 1 and 2 respectively upon contact with water the resulting nonwoven webs exhibited instantaneous wettability samples 3 and 4 were produced according to traditional internal treatment methods by blending the treatment with the molten polymer at levels of about 1 and about 2 by weight respectively of the fiber the treatment and the molten polymer were thoroughly mixed prior to entering the fiber spinning assembly when the resulting nonwoven webs were contacted with water neither sample 3 nor sample 4 exhibited any degree of wettability the results of the evaluation demonstrate that a treatment can be applied to the surface of an advancing molten polymer stream prior to exiting a fiber spinning assembly at treatment levels 4 and 8 times higher than that applied according to the present invention the internally treated nonwoven web exhibited no degree of wettability thus even at high treatment levels samples 3 and 4 did not have a sufficient amount of treatment on the surface of the fibers to impart wettability to the nonwoven web the method of the present invention offers a significant advantage over current internal treatment systems since treatments that do not tend.