Xiongxian Mineral Water

Xiongxian Mineral Water

　　Xiongxian mineral water is a specialty of Xiongxian County, Baoding City, Hebei Province. The lithium, strontium, iodine, metasilicic acid, and total dissolved solids in the ancient Guyinshan mineral water from Xiongxian simultaneously meet the national standards for drinking mineral water, making it a rare natural mineral water resource in China.

　　The ancient Guyinshan mineral water source in Xiongxian, Hebei, comes from the Rx8 natural mineral well in Bama Village, Xiongxian — renowned as China’s Hot Spring Town — situated by Baiyangdian, the Pearl of North China. This well was accidentally drilled in 1986 at a depth of 587 meters during geological exploration conducted by the No. 3 Hydrogeological & Engineering Geological Brigade of the Hebei Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources. The well contains groundwater reserves of 400 million tons. In April and July 1987, the Hydrogeological Engineering Institute under the former Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources of China conducted two rounds of water quality testing, confirming that the mineral water is rich in trace elements such as lithium, strontium, iodine, zinc, selenium, and metasilicic acid, as well as more than 20 macro elements including potassium, calcium, sodium, and magnesium. Among these, the five indicators — lithium, strontium, iodine, metasilicic acid, and total dissolved solids — all simultaneously meet the national standards for drinking mineral water. Its sensory attributes, limit indicators, pollutant levels, and microbiological parameters all comply with national requirements, making it a rare natural mineral water resource in China.