Aurora Wins for Best-Tasting Water

Aurora beat out nine other municipalities for best tasting water, according to a city press release. Kane County Water Association's Water Taste Test Contest was held last month in Batavia.

A panel of judges from Kane County scored the water samples on taste, odor and color. The other entries were from Batavia, Elburn, Elgin, Geneva, Montgomery, North Aurora, St. Charles, Sugar Grove and Yorkville.

"None of this is possible without the daily effort of each member of our team," said Water Production Superintendent David Schumacher said in the release. "Whether it is maintaining equipment, operating systems, general upkeep of our sites, processing samples and performing analyses, budgeting for our required supplies, or any of the other necessary tasks to keep the Water Production Division going strong."

According to a city website, Aurora gets about 60 percent of its water from the Fox River and the rest from wells.

Aurora won the Kane County water taste contest in 1998, 2000, 2006, 2008, and 2013. This spring Aurora will compete for best tasting water in the state, an award it has won in 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

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