City wins “Best Tasting Water” competition!
The members of the Pacific Northwest Section (PNWS) of the American Water Works Association (AWWA), which includes the City of Bonners Ferry are, the stewards and protectors of our water. Within the PNWS which includes Oregon, Washington and a large portion of Idaho, there are 12 subsections.
The Inland Empire subsection which includes the five northern counties of Idaho and the five northeastern counties of Washington, held their best tasting water contest on March 13 at the Spokane Arena.
The competition included nine entries from water systems throughout the Inland Empire and the winner of this year’s competition was the friendliest little town in Idaho, Bonners Ferry!
This is quite an honor according to Bonners Ferry Water Department staff, since the panel of judges consisted of drinking water regulators from Idaho Department of Environmental Quality and the Washington Department of Health.
The next level of competition will be held once again in Spokane at the convention center in May as part of the annual PNWS technical conference, where best tasting water contest winners from the various subsections will compete.
The winner of that competition will be invited to travel in June to the AWWA annual conference and exposition in Denver to compete on the national level.