From Pure Water to Mineralized Water: How ETERNAL WORLD Is Leading the Mineralization Era of Pipeline Drinking Water

Mineralization Era Arrives: Pipeline Drinking Water Enters a New Stage of Quality Upgrade

1. Industry Trend Emerges: Pipeline Drinking Water Enters the “Mineralization Era”

The expectations of Chinese households for drinking water are undergoing a fundamental transformation.

According to the 2026 Drinking Water Industry Trend Report jointly released by JD.com, Ipsos, and Philips Water, consumers’ expectations have shifted from simply “drinking clean water” to pursuing water that is healthier, more convenient, and more enjoyable. Water purification equipment is experiencing a three-stage evolution—from an “optional upgrade product” to a “standard feature of quality living,” and ultimately to a “premium lifestyle solution.”

At the same time, emerging health concepts such as mineralized water, low-sodium water, strontium-enriched water, and mildly alkaline water are rapidly gaining attention among consumers and influencing purchasing decisions.

This trend is equally evident in the pipeline drinking water sector. The 2025 China Pipeline Drinking Water Industry Development White Paper highlights that the future development of the industry will focus on standardization, intelligent management, and sustainability.

According to industry data, China’s pipeline drinking water market expanded from approximately RMB 10 billion in 2015 to around RMB 30 billion in 2020, and is expected to reach approximately RMB 60 billion by 2026.

From the perspective of end-user purification equipment, traditional basic water purifiers are experiencing slower growth, while integrated drinking water machines and advanced dispensing systems are achieving double-digit growth. In the medium and long term, the industry is accelerating toward whole-house solutions, mineralized water systems, and compact integrated purification technologies.

Mineralization is becoming the next major growth engine for the pipeline drinking water industry.

According to QYResearch statistics and forecasts, the global mineralization filter market reached sales of approximately USD 280 million in 2025 and is projected to grow to USD 497 million by 2032, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of approximately 8.2%.

AVC (All View Cloud) predicts that mineral-functional water systems will become one of the key drivers supporting the healthy development of the industry.

2. Aquatech “Best Residential Water Award”: International Recognition of Technological Excellence

In November 2025, Aquatech China 2025, one of Asia’s most influential water technology exhibitions, was successfully held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre.

Bringing together more than 500 exhibitors from over 75 countries and regions and attracting more than 15,726 professional visitors, the global water technology platform witnessed a remarkable achievement ETERNAL WORLD.

With its independently developed “Pure Water Mineralization Technology,” ETERNAL WORLD successfully won the prestigious:

Aquatech Water Technology Innovation Award – Best Residential Water Award

The Aquatech Water Technology Innovation Award originates from the internationally renowned Aquatech Amsterdam water treatment exhibition and is recognized as one of the most authoritative professional awards in the global water industry.

Known for its rigorous evaluation criteria, the award is widely regarded as an international benchmark for innovative water technologies.

The 2025 evaluation continued to focus on three core criteria:

Originality

Practical Application

Sustainability

Among these, originality accounted for as much as 50% of the total evaluation weight, attracting leading water technology companies from dozens of countries to compete on the same global stage.

ETERNAL WORLD’s award-winning technology stood out among numerous innovative projects due to its breakthroughs in:

fundamental technological principles,

application scenarios,

and industrial value.

This achievement represents not only strong international recognition of ETERNAL WORLD’s innovation capabilities but also demonstrates that China’s residential drinking water upgrade technologies have reached an internationally advanced level.

According to the award benefits, ETERNAL WORLD’s winning technology was also specially showcased at the Innovation Lab area of Aquatech Amsterdam 2025, receiving further global attention from industry professionals.

3. Strategic Innovation: P-LSR Natural Mineral Purification & Controlled Mineralization Technology Builds a Strong Competitive Advantage

Long before mineralized water became an industry consensus, ETERNAL WORLD had already recognized the market trend and strategically invested in the research and development of advanced filter media technologies, laying a solid foundation for the mineralization sector years ahead of the market.

At the heart of ETERNAL WORLD's technological leadership is its proprietary P-LSR (Purification & Long-term Sustained Release) technology. Evaluated in 2024 as an internationally advanced scientific achievement, P-LSR was jointly developed through an industry–university–research collaboration between China University of Mining and Technology, Shandong University, Shandong Advanced Materials Institute, and ETERNAL WORLD.

Rather than a simple collaboration, each partner contributed its unique expertise to create an integrated technological platform for high-performance mineralized filter media.

P-LSR technology offers three key competitive advantages.

1. Targeted Mineral Purification

The technology precisely extracts 100% of the desired mineral elements from natural ores while effectively removing impurities and heavy metals. This breakthrough addresses one of the industry's longstanding challenges—insufficient mineral purity and difficult impurity removal—ensuring high-purity mineral sources from the very beginning.

2. Intelligent Precision Formulation

Through digitally controlled formulation and precise proportioning, every production batch achieves consistent mineral composition. The technology also enables customized mineral profiles that replicate the characteristics of natural mineral waters from different regions.

3. Long-Term Controlled Release

Using a gradient-controlled nano-microporous sintering process, mineral elements are encapsulated within ceramic crystal structures, enabling stable, uniform, and long-lasting mineral release.

Laboratory testing shows that the filter media continues to maintain stable mineral release even after filtering more than 4 tons of water, with a service life synchronized with RO membranes of up to 12 months.

Powered by P-LSR technology, ETERNAL WORLD has developed the Mineral Gem® Mineralization Filter Media Series, capable of releasing individual or customized combinations of functional minerals, including:

Mild alkaline minerals

Calcium

Magnesium

Potassium

Low-sodium minerals

Silicate

Strontium

Zinc

Vanadium

Among them, Silicate, often referred to as the "Gold in Water," can reach concentrations of ≥25 mg/L, meeting the requirements of GB 8537-2018 Natural Mineral Water Standard.

The zinc version consistently delivers ≥0.2 mg/L of zinc ions, meeting China's national standard for zinc-containing mineral water.

The entire Mineral Gem® product line has successfully obtained NSF Certification and passed SGS testing, confirming that no harmful substances remain in the finished products.

Today, the Mineral Gem® series is available in multiple formats, including ceramic balls, filter cartridges, tablets, and powders, making it suitable not only for residential water purifiers but also for pipeline direct drinking water systems, commercial water treatment projects, and OEM appliance integration.

4. Shanghai Water Show 2026: Min-Spirit™ Debuts to Solve the Industry's Stability Challenge

From June 9–11, 2026, the 18th Shanghai International Water Exhibition was held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai), where mineralized water technology became one of the hottest topics across the entire exhibition.

Leading brands including BWT, Panasonic, Angel, and Uook introduced a wide range of household and commercial mineralized water systems featuring magnesium, metasilicic acid, strontium, and other functional mineral technologies, marking the official arrival of the industry's Mineralization Upgrade Era.

However, rapid market growth has also exposed a common technical challenge.

Most conventional RO systems equipped with traditional mineralization cartridges suffer from unstable mineral release and significant fluctuations in TDS values. Excessive mineral release during the early stage is often followed by rapid performance decline, resulting in inconsistent water quality, unstable taste, and limited long-term reliability.

These issues have become one of the major obstacles to the large-scale adoption of mineralized drinking water systems.

To address this critical industry challenge, ETERNAL WORLD officially launched its latest innovation—Min-Spirit™—at the 2026 Shanghai International Water Exhibition.

Built upon the company's exclusive sustained-release technology, Min-Spirit™ transforms the concept of stable mineral release into a practical and commercially viable solution, becoming one of the exhibition's most talked-about mineralization technologies.

Min-Spirit™ enables minerals to be released at a controlled and consistent rate throughout its service life, fundamentally solving the common problems of unstable TDS levels and rapid performance degradation associated with conventional mineralization media.

Compatible with mainstream RO water purification systems, Min-Spirit™ allows standard RO purifiers to be easily upgraded into high-performance mineralized water systems while maintaining balanced mineral concentrations and stable water quality throughout operation.

Its introduction provides pipeline direct drinking water projects with a truly measurable, controllable, and predictable mineralization solution.

For pipeline drinking water operators, this means that mineral concentrations are no longer dependent on chance but can now be consistently controlled throughout the system—an important milestone in delivering high-quality mineralized drinking water to residential communities.

Looking Ahead

China's drinking water industry is rapidly evolving from simply delivering safe drinking water to providing health-oriented hydration.

As consumers increasingly demand healthier and more functional drinking water, mineralization is becoming the next major direction for the industry.

Backed by its proprietary P-LSR technology, the Mineral Gem® Mineralization Filter Media Series, and international recognition through the Aquatech Best Residential Water Award, ETERNAL WORLD has established itself as one of the industry's pioneers in pure water mineralization.

The launch of Min-Spirit™ further provides a stable, reliable, and scalable solution for upgrading mineralization in pipeline direct drinking water systems.

The future has already begun.

The Mineralization Era of pipeline drinking water is accelerating—and ETERNAL WORLD is helping lead the way.