  We examine the physical processes which are involved in the formation and
stability of the anomalous states of water reported recently. The initial step
of adding a small amount of ionic compound XY to pure water leads to the
formation of water clusters (X^+)(H2O)_n and (Y^-)(H2O)_n with n>>1. The
structure of the cluster around the ion depends strongly on the equation of
state. We explore the consequences of possible polymorphic states of H2O in the
liquid phase at room temperature. If there are low-lying polymorphic states,
the local dipole moment and the local density will change discontinuously as a
function of the radial distance from the ion, and regions of different
polymorphic states will be found at different separations from the ion.
Fragmentation of the cluster by vigorous shaking may break up the cluster into
small domains to allow subsequent coalescence of these domains or the growth of
the domains as seeds to form greater domains of polymorphic states. Further
experimental and theoretical analyses are needed to study these pictures.
