What's "the largest water tasting competition in the world?" If you're like me, you didn't know there was such a thing. But if you answered Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting Awards, give yourself a gold star. The awards are given to recognize excellent water in a number of categories. This year - the 17th one - the event will be held from February 22-25 in Berkeley Springs, Virginia.
If you happen to be in Berkeley Springs in March, you might want to make your way to the George Washington's Bathtub Celebration. More about that one here.
Here's a Web page from the proud winners of the 2005 award for municipal water. That would be Gibson, British Columbia.
Here's a link from the site for the always entertaining PBS show, P.O.V. It's about a guy who can't seem to part with his water bottle. I admit to reusing water bottles all the time, but at some point I do break down and spring for a new one.
Here's a bit we featured very recently about people who aren't so keen on bottled water.
And here's a review I wrote a while back of the book, Fine Waters.
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