Three years ago, residents in the Tasmanian town of Rossarden were on a public health alert due to unsafe drinking water. Now the former mining town of 50 residents lays claim to having the world's best-tasting municipal water.
A former mining town in Tasmania's north-east has taken out top honours at an international water judging event deemed the Olympics of water.Rossarden, in Tasmania's north-east, has won an international award for Best Municipal WaterThe Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting event is held annually in the US
TasWater's Juliet Mercer, pictured with Minister Guy Barnett, Northern Midlands Mayor Mary Knowles and TRILITY's Mark Collins, pours a celebratory glass of Rossarden water. "[When] I moved there from the mainland, the water was the sweetest water I'd ever tasted, but it was terribly dirty because of all the old pipes," she said.What the judges were looking for
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