Official taste-test says Niagara Falls has the top tap water in Ontario
Published June 8, 2022 at 10:24 am
It’s official. Niagara Falls has the best-tasting tap water in Ontario.
When members of the Ontario Water Works Association (OWWA) got together for their annual conference, held this year in Niagara Falls, last month, one of the events they hold is the Blind Taste Test of water from water treatment plants across the province.
Niagara Region was game to pit its water against any other takers and used samples from the Niagara Falls Water Treatment Plant.
The Taste Test competition allowed the more than 1,000 attendees from across Ontario to sample drinking water from varying utilities across Ontario who entered the competition and cast their vote.
In the end, the water from Niagara Falls soared past the competition to take the top spot for Best Tasting Tap Water. Niagara Region will now be competing at the American Water Works Association Best of the Best Taste Test in San Antonio, Texas at the ACE Conference in mid-June.
Naturally, regional officials were thrilled with the results.
“Congratulations to the Water and Wastewater team at Niagara Region, and those at the Niagara Falls Water Treatment Plant for being selected as Best Tasting Tap Water. It validates the tremendous work being done by Public Works staff at Niagara Region, ” said Bruce Zvaniga, the Acting Commissioner of Niagara Region Public Works.
- Six water treatment plants and 21 remote water storage facilities
- Seven dedicated chlorine facilities and water pumping stations
- 312 kilometres of trunk water mains
- 11 wastewater treatment plants and one biosolids facility
- 113 pumping stations
- Five odour control stations
- One high rate treatment facility
- 161 kilometres of forcemain
- 145 kilometres of gravity sewers