• Recent Trends of Domestic and International Management and Research of Natural Mineral Water Used for Bottled Water
  • Koh, Dong-Chan;Ko, Kyung-Seok;
  • Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources;Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources;
  • 먹는샘물과 병입수로 이용되는 천연 광천수의 국내외 관리와 연구 동향 분석
  • 고동찬;고경석;
  • 한국지질자원연구원 지하수연구센터;한국지질자원연구원 지하수연구센터;
Abstract
In recent years, the sales of bottled spring water (BSW) have been drastically increasing in Korea and other countries, which accompanied great interests in conservation and reclamation of natural mineral water (NMW). In this study, management and research activities on NMW in Europe, USA, and Codex Alimentarius were reviewed. In each region, NMW is regulated with its own quality standards that differ from ordinary drinking water, and management actions are strictly implemented to protect water resources and to secure quality of NMW. Many studies on NMW were carried out for monitoring inorganic constituents including major and trace elements in national levels for bottled NMW, groundwater, and tap water in other countries. In Korea, NMW became commercialized in 1995 when BSW was legally approved as a drinking water. To further promote utilization of various types of NMW in Korea, regulations and policies for NMW need to be revised in accordance with international NMW management trends. Further, studies of NMW that compile a comprehensive set of physical and chemical parameters of NMW are also needed to properly understand occurrences, hydrogeological and geochemical processes of NMW, as well as to evaluate its potential use as a natural resource.

Keywords: Natural mineral water;Regulation;Bottled water;Groundwater;Water industry;

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