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MyNameGoesHere

(7,638 posts)
Fri Feb 21, 2014, 04:28 PM Feb 2014

Celebrating Water

February 21, 2014
journal-news.net

The 24th annual Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting festival kicked off Thursday at the Country Inn. The largest and longest-running water tasting in the world, the festival this year features several dozen entries, including waters from more than 20 states and across Canada, as well as Bosnia, China, Germany, Greece, Japan, New Zealand, Tanzania, Thailand, Serbia and South Korea. Waters in five categories are judged on the basis of appearance, odor, flavor, mouthfeel and aftertaste. A people's choice award is also given for package design. The festival will continue in Berkeley Springs through Sunday


http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/604951/Celebrating-Water.html?nav=5006

Yes slightly cloudy appearance with a lovely bouquet of licorice. Slight tingling and burning on the tongue with acid overtones.

I know this isn't the Charleston area but I still find it ironic and a little disturbing this state is hosting this contest. Bizarre.

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Celebrating Water (Original Post) MyNameGoesHere Feb 2014 OP
Interesting. northoftheborder Feb 2014 #1
And . . . water TESTING in West Virginia ---> Petrushka Feb 2014 #2

northoftheborder

(7,572 posts)
1. Interesting.
Fri Feb 21, 2014, 04:32 PM
Feb 2014

Water here (private community well & company) is terrible, have to buy bottled for drinking. The best water I ever tasted was from a roof water catchment system that was filtered and run through reverse osmosis. Just pure and wonderful.

Petrushka

(3,709 posts)
2. And . . . water TESTING in West Virginia --->
Sun Feb 23, 2014, 11:04 PM
Feb 2014
http://www.wowktv.com/story/24787748/independent-study-hold-press-conference-on-mchm-testing

$650,000 + $112,000 = $762,000 to test water in 10 homes = $76,200 per home
or, $762,000 to text 600 samples = $1,270 per sample tested


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