Across a state with snow-capped peaks and crystal-clear mountain creeks, a lot of Colorado cities take pride in their drinking water. But only one can be crowned as the state’s best-tasting.
According to a panel of judges at the Rocky Mountain Water Conference in Keystone, the City of Broomfield has Colorado’s tastiest water. Second place went to the Copper Mountain Consolidated Metropolitan District, and Pueblo took home third.
Water might seem totally tasteless, but judges detected differences between each of the eight water samples they sipped. That six-person panel, which included this reporter, was presented with a chart of different tastes they might notice – earthy, sweet, fishy, chlorinous – and a handful of other terms you might associate more with a wine tasting.
In the end, the highest scoring waters tended to be the ones that lacked a distinct taste. Kat Leitzmann, director of strategic communications at Water For People, served as one of the judges…