Manchester Water Works’ drinking water won “New England’s Best” in a recent taste-testing competition.
A panel of independent, international judges sampled drinking water from utilities throughout New England during the recent annual conference of the New England Water Works Association.
The field of contestants were utilities that had no violations of state or federal safe drinking water standards during the previous year.
Manchester Water Works will compete against utilities from North America for the title of “Best of the Best” drinking water in June 2011, during the conference of the American Water Works Association.
Manchester Water Works serves 160,000 residential, industrial, and commercial consumers in the city, as well as Auburn, Bedford, Derry, Goffstown, Hooksett, and Londonderry.
In 2006, the Manchester Water Works treatment plant underwent a $30 million renovation, which replaced the disinfection and filtration system with a more advanced ozone and carbon treatment process. Ozone is known to improve the aesthetics of drinking water while providing disinfection.