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And The Winner Is…International Water Tasting Results Are In
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24th Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting competition, Berkeley Springs, W.Va. Feb. 22, 2014
The 24th Annual International Water Tasting took place Saturday in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., and a Canadian town walked away with the trophy for Best
Documentary filmmaker at the Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting
Municipal Tap Water.
Among the judges for this year’s competition was West Virginia Public Broadcasting Executive Director Scott Finn, who documented the event including a popular activity after the winners are announced, the “water rush” where members of the audience get to grab as much free bottled water as they can carry.
Best Municipal Water 2014 Best in the World – Clearbrook, BC, Canada Best in USA – Santa Ana, Calif. 2nd – Hamilton, Oh. 3rd – Greenwood, BC, Canada 4th (tie)– Dickinson, ND & Montpelier, Oh. 5th – Emporia, Kan.
Best Bottled Water 2014 1st – Castle Rock Water, Dunsmuir, Calif. 2nd – Eldorado Natural Spring Water, Eldorado, Col. Samaria Natural Springs Water, Crete, Greece 3rd – Mountain Drop from Linthicum, Md. bottling Berkeley Springs water. 4th – Avita Premium Artesian Alkaline Water, Roscommon, Mich. Element , Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia
Best Sparkling – 2014 1st – Canadian Gold Sparkling Mineral Water, Marchand, MB, Canada 2nd. Jackson Springs Natural Premium Spring Water, MB, Canada 3rd – Antipodes, Whakatane, New Zealand 4th – Tesanjski Dijament, Tesanj, Bosnia Naked Luxury Artesian Water, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand Tesanjski Kiseljak, Tesanj, Bosnia
Best Packaging — 2014 1st – Hallasu, Republic of Korea 2nd – Bama Tianshou Spring, Bama, China 3rd – Waiakea, Kea’au Aquifer, Hawaii 4th – Cerebellum H2O, Hoboken, N.J. 5th – Marvelus Sparkling Mineral Water, Ocala, Fla.
Best Purified Drinking Water – 2014 1st – Mountain Drop from Linthicum, Md. bottling Berkeley Springs water. 2nd – Indigo H2O, Elkhart, Ind. Bar H2O, Richmond, Mich. 3rd — Berkeley Springs Purified Water – Berkeley Springs, W.Va. January Sales, Barnston QE, Canada. 4th — Rain Fresh Oxygen-Rich Purified Water – Garland, Tex.
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