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For the purposes of this article, I am going to assume that "mineral water" means the bottled type produced and sold in all major food markets. Often this bottled mineral water advertises the minerals it contains, and it purports itself to be a healthy water. I am going to assume that the title of this debate is asking whether or not the bottled mineral water is in-fact healthier than other types of water including bottled types such as filtered drinking water and spring water, and also water from other sources such as tap water and well water.

From a nutritionists point of view, water is water; your body will utilize it regardless of what type of minerals are in the water, as long as said water is not contaminated with pollutants, poisons, or microbes that might make you sick. All of the minerals we need are already found in the foods we eat, so having those minerals in the water has no real benefits.
From a chemists point of view, these minerals in the water are of the inorganic form meaning that the body cannot even absorb these minerals and use them. Minerals we take in must be of the organic type, the type that we find in the foods we eat. Plants make the conversion from inorganic minerals to organic minerals for us.
From a biologists point of view plants take inorganic minerals and convert them to organic minerals. These plants are eaten by herbivores and humans. The herbivores get eaten by carnivores and humans. We may also eat the carnivores, so we are absorbing these organic minerals in every food we eat.

Mineral water is bottled and thus should be a safe source of water, but there is no evidence suggesting that the added minerals are beneficial. Bottled spring water and bottled filtered drinking water again should be safe sources of water contaminant-wise. Tap water is usually a perfectly safe source of drinking water due to the addition of chemicals such as chlorine, though microbes can still grow in some cases. Well water is usually a perfectly safe source for drinking water as well, though microbes and bacteria can grow in the water, and well water is also susceptible to contamination through the water table. Rain water contains microbes, bacteria and spores from the atmosphere though this is nothing that the average immune system can't handle.
The only reason why bottled mineral water would be more desirable than any other sources of water is if you live in an area where the tap water smells or tastes bad because of the chemical additives, the atmosphere where you live is heavily polluted as is found in most major cities, or the ground water is not drinkable due to industrial/commercial/resident ial contamination.

In conclusion there are no health benefits to drinking mineral water when the said minerals are not even of the organic type, and able to be utilized by your body in the first place.

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