Rotorua Lakes Council’s Karamu Takina Spring has won New Zealand’s best-tasting tap water title in the 2024 IXOM National Water Taste Test competition.
Rotorua was up against Matamata-Piako District Council, Veolia Central Hawke’s Bay District Council and Kāpiti Coast District Council in the grand final.
The competitions took place in New Plymouth at the annual Water Industry Operations Group of New Zealand (WIOG) conference. All municipal water suppliers in New Zealand were invited to compete in the National Water Taste Test and submit a sample to WIOG. During judging, water samples are subjected to a blind taste test and rated according to the “Water Tasting Wheel”. The wheel outlines some of the attributes water professionals use when assessing water such as colour, clarity, odour and taste.
Previous year’s winners were:
- 2023 Waimate District Council
- 2022 Conference and competition cancelled due to COVID
- 2021 Timaru District Council
- 2020 Conference and competition cancelled due to COVID
- 2019 Timaru District Council
- 2018 Waikato District Council
- 2017 Sicon (Contractor for Selwyn DC)
- 2016 Palmerston North City Council
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