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April 23, 2008
Southampton, MA Judged to Have the Best Tasting Water
At the ninth annual Great American Water Taste Test, held in Washington, D.C., Southampton, MA was judged to have the best tasting water in the nation, after sampling entries from 39 states, during the Earth Day event, at the annual meeting of the National Rural Water Association.
"I can't believe that we won it against so many entries, that a little town in Western Massachusetts could beat out the whole country, but we did," said Joseph F. Slattery, Southampton's water superintendent who personally drew the water sample used in the competition off one of the town's wellheads near College Highway this past Saturday.
Southampton"s entry came out of the Barnes Aquifer. "It's natural water. It meets such a high standard with the state that we don't even have to treat it," Slattery said.
Yesterday's competition consisted of blind tests for smell and clarity by three judges.
"The judges said the top three were just so close in quality. They said they were separated by just decimal points," said Michael R. Harris, a spokesman for the National Rural Water Association, as reported by The Republican.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at April 23, 2008 01:22 PM
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