Congratulations to the operators of the Marian WTP in Mackay who have been acknowledged as the Ixom 2019 Australia,s Best Tasting Tap Water competition. The voting was very close but the sample representing Queensland from the Mackay Regional Council came out just ahead of the other state champions.
The title was awarded at the 3 Peaks Festival in Dunkeld the home of the 2018 titleholder Wannon Water who hosted the national final.
The members of the public were asked to try each blind sample of water from the separate schemes and note the different tastes present in the tap water
In one of the closest competitions ever staged, the Mackay sample came up trumps over the entries from NSW, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania to win the award.
The Wannon Water sample will now go on to represent Australia at the International Water Taste Test conducted in Berkley Springs, USA in February 2020. We encourage all water businesses to enter their respective State competitions in 2019, and we look forward to adding even more States to next year’s national competition.
