Gothamist: NYC Places 2nd in Tap Water Taste Test

miked1116

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:03:01 -0500

Could it maybe have placed so well because most of the tasters actually live in the city and drink the water from their own faucets - thus being used to (and enjoying) the taste of the city's water? Frequently, when I leave the city, regardless of where I am, the water tasts funny to me.

esquared

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:11:39 -0500

Staten Island should have been #1. They have their own reservoir -- in the landfills.

Spiritof76

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:11:35 -0500

Everybody knows most bottled waters are from municipal supplies, not just those two, but none of them are selling it as New York City water! That's the marketing hook. The other companies never tell you where their water is from. They just vaguely say "municipal sources." And another point is that this water wouldn't have to be advertised as filtered. It's already as good as it gets.

TKaisen

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:36:04 -0500

I really should start bottling this stuff and marketing it to the rest of the country. Pepsi and Coke already beat you to this. Aquafina and Dasani are both just filtered tap water.

Mr Mel

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:09:43 -0500

I don't want to move to Troy or Mechanicsville (I know how to spell it). In the old days when a waiter asked if I wanted San Pellegrino, I would say, no, Giuliano, please. If I were in Boston it would be Menino. Giuliano is better

Spiritof76

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:00:41 -0500

I really should start bottling this stuff and marketing it to the rest of the country. Bottled water still costs more than gasoline. Just plaster the label with all the taste test accolades and the money should start flowing in. Now what shall I call it? AquaGotham? Big Apple Springs? Nouveau Yorkier?

mojito

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:54:59 -0500

Troy??? It's been years since I lived there, but I don't remember the water being particularly good or bad. I do remember that when you wanted cold water, it just came right out EXTREMELY COLD, which made me ridiculously happy.

MatthewJC

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:15:24 -0500

Does a Britta filter out fecal coliform? I don't think Jersey City ranks up there very high in the water purity category.

cuntry

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:03:30 -0500

croton's water is the best!!! we got the dam, kid!

Kojak

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:02:31 -0500

Pish! Everyone participating in this event drinks only the finest bottled water. How dare they use our discriminating superior tastes to test TAP water. Only poor people drink from the tap. How beastly

spiritross

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:51:07 -0500

#3 that is true of course you realize the older the pipes the better All the natural minerals that have built up in the 100+ old pipes make NYC water some of the cleanest and most filtered in the nation

matty

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:29:50 -0500

^that's what she said

meL

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:28:07 -0500

Jen, you have to correct the spelling of Nassau County. The water is good in NYC, just depends on the pipes you're getting them from.

JenChungsBra

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:26:15 -0500

How about the web site of the people that actually bring you the water? Lots of info there: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/drinking_water/index.shtml

TKaisen

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:20:58 -0500

NYC is 3rd in my tap-water tasting history. #1 was Troy, NY (Tomahannock Reservoir Upstate) and Mechanicville, NY (their own reservoir).