faucetValley City  (CSi)  At the 87th annual North Dakota Water & Pollution Control Conference in Bismarck, it was announced that Valley City has the best tasting tap water in North Dakota.  Valley City’s water test  bested samples from Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks, Lisbon, Mayville, and Wahpeton during the Drinking Water Taste Test.

Bismarck, Mayville, and Valley City were the top three contenders in a blind taste test.

Vice President of the American Water Works Association (AWWA); Warner Palermo,  Executive Director of the Water Environment Federation (WEF) Eileen O’Neil; and Scott Hennen, Radio talk show host served as celebrity judges.

The ND chapter of the AWWA sponsors the Drinking Water Taste Test during the North Dakota Water and Pollution Control Conference each year.  Past winners iwere Fargo (2014), Medina (2013), Mayville (2012), Fargo (2011), Mayville (2010), Valley City (2009), Enderlin (2008), Grand Forks (2007), and Minot (2006)

The North Dakota Water & Pollution Control Conference is a joint effort of the North Dakota Section of the AWWA, North Dakota Section of the Water Environment Association (WEA), North Dakota Section of the American Public Works Association (APWA), and North Dakota Chapter of the North American Stormwater & Erosion Control Association (NASECA).