Three Rivers Fire District Wins
America's Best Tasting Water!
America's Best Tasting Water!
L to R: John Sasur, Three Rivers Fire District Water Superintendent and Dave Kaczenski, MASS Rural Water Association’s Executive Director. move to Massachusetts. The Three Rivers Fire District, Massachusetts took top honors today at the 8th Annual Great American Water Taste Test. The taste test is held each year on Capitol Hill in conjunction with the National Rural Water Association’s Annual Rally in Washington, D.C. NRWA represents over 25,735 rural and small utilities so you can see it is a tremendous accomplishment for the Three Rivers Fire District to win this national competition. They competed against the top water systems from 48 state rural water associations in order to secure this award. John Sasur, Water Superintendent, heads the district. The 925 district connections get their water from two ground water wells. First established in 1912, the district has seen many changes. They entered the water taste test after winning their state competition at the MASS Rural Water Association’s Annual Conference. This year’s judges were the Honorable Thomas Dorr, Under Secretary for Rural Development, USDA; Melanie Rinehart, Legislative Director for The Honorable Earl Pomeroy of North Dakota and David Roskowic, Area Manager for Engineered Storage Products an NRWA Prime Sponsor. Each judge evaluated glasses of water from the five finalists measuring them on clarity, bouquet and taste. The five finalists were: City of Mt. Shasta, California; Town of Avilla Water Department, Indiana; Three Rivers Fire District, Massachusetts, York Springs Municipal Authority, Pennsylvania; and Stephens County Rural Water District #5, Oklahoma. State Rural Water Associations conduct preliminary competitions selecting the best water from small and rural systems to represent their state at the national finals. Every spring, the National Rural Water Association sponsors the Rural Water Rally and Great American Taste Test on Capitol Hill to give utility and state officials an opportunity to visit one-on-one with their Congressional representatives and discuss key water and wastewater issues. |
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