The best-tasting water in the greater-Chattanooga area comes from Etowah, according to a recent contest put on by the Tennessee Association of Utility Districts.
Etowah Utilities won the state’s water utility group regional taste competition, beating out other utilities from a 12-county area, including Bledsoe, Bradley, Grundy, Hamilton, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Polk, Rhea, Sequatchie and Van Buren counties.
The taste testing took place Feb. 24 at Eastside Utility District in Chattanooga. Ed Short of National Water Services, Dustin Henderson of McWane Ductile and Steve Chappell of Chaprock Productions judged the competition.
McMinnville Utilities won the Tennessee Association of Utility Districts Region 4 taste test competition, which was held Feb. 17 at the Cumberland County Community Complex in Crossville.
According to the Tennessee Association of Utility Districts taste test bylaws, water entries must be collected from a customer’s tap within 48 hours of the competition, free of any purifiers or water filters.