The water of the Fonte Juventude is collected at a depth of 348 meters ; it is the most highly sulfurous water in Brazil and the Americas and is the second in the world in sulfurous components (only behind the Pergoli fountain in Tabiano, Italy), with 34.3 milligrams of sulfur oxygenated compounds, 4 mg of hydrogen sulfide, and 53 mg of sodium hydrosulfide and sodium sulfide per liter of water.