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April 22, 2008

Update: N. Kingstown water is pretty close to the best

Do you balk at the thought of taking a swig of tap water without a filter? Spend too much money on bottled water?

If so, North Kingstown may be the place for you. It's just been judged to have the third best-tasting water of 750 water districts across the country, according Susan Licardi, Director of North Kingstown water supply.

The southern Rhode Island town was one of five finalists for America’s best-tasting water. The National Rural Water Association, a nonprofit trade group, runs the annual competition and this year judged more than 750 water samples from 45 states.

“Clean drinking water is a vital part of our daily lives,” Sen. Jack Reed said in a statement today, “And I’m proud that North Kingstown’s efforts have been recognized.” Reed is a member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water.

Judges today tested the five finalists –– North Kingstown, Southhampton, Mass., Lewis, Del.; Lorain County, Ohio; and Avilla Ind. –– in Washington on clarity, taste and bouquet.

On all three counts?

Refreshing.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson, with reports from Journal staff writer Paul Davis

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 12:33 PM | Permalink

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