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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
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.
Wild scramble for free water at #watertasting pic.twitter.com/jD8fionhzt
— Scott Finn (@radiofinn) February 23, 2014
The winners in each category are:
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.
On this West Virginia Week, another round of school consolidations in the state, the Republican caucus lays out plans for the upcoming legislative session and a Nashville poet and songwriter channels a connection to LIttle Jimmie Dickens. ...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThis week, a poet and musician draws inspiration from a distant family connection to the Grand Ole Opry’s Little Jimmy Dickens. Also, for 15 years, a Virginia library has been hosting a weekly Dungeons & Dragons game for teens. And, a taxidermist in Yadkin County, North Carolina found her calling before she could drive a car.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA lot of people who came of age listening to the Grand Ole Opry know Little Jimmy Dickens. With his clever songs and his rhinestone-studded outfits, the West Virginia native influenced a generation of performers. Now he’s remembered in a new book of poetry.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFor some Americans, this year’s political earthquakes hit close to home. Trey Kay reflects on federal budget cuts, the elimination of programs and agencies and the resulting layoffs of hundreds of thousands of workers. 2025 was also a year highlighting escalated immigration enforcement, and the deployment of National Guard troops in U.S. cities. One of those missions resulted in the tragic loss of a West Virginia National Guard soldier. On this end-of-year episode of Us & Them, we examine how today’s culture-war battles are reshaping the nation’s foundation.
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