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Colorado city wins best tasting tap water award

Posted at 12:56 PM, Feb 28, 2016
and last updated 2016-02-28 14:56:11-05

Eldorado Springs, Colorado, has won the top prize for U.S. tap water at an international tasting contest.

The judges gave out two gold medals for Best Municipal Water on Saturday at the 26th annual Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting in West Virginia. They awarded the top prize among U.S. entries to Eldorado Springs, while Clearbrook, British Columbia, won first place for best in the world.

The award for best purified water went to Bar H2O of Richmond, Michigan.

An entry from Karditsa, Greece, Theoni Natural Mineral Water, won the top prize for bottled water, while the best sparkling water was awarded to Tesanjski Kiseljak of Tesanj, Bosnia.

Ten judges tasted and selected from among dozens of waters from 18 states, seven Canadian provinces and five foreign nations.