Sarasota water is tops
SUN PHOTO BY SCOTT LOCKWOOD
Greg Fischer, the acting chief of operations for the T. Mabry Carlton, Jr. Water Treatment Plant in Venice, accepts the trophy for winning Floridas Section of the American Water Works Associations 2014 Region X Best Tasting Drinking Water Contest recently from Richard Anderson (right). Anderson is the System Operations Manager for the Peace River Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority.
SUN PHOTO BY SCOTT LOCKWOOD
Rick Radcliffe (right) takes a hard look at one of the eight samples of water that the judges were tasting as part of Floridas Section of the American Water Works Associations 2014 Region X Best Tasting Drinking Water contest. Also pictured is Peggy Guingoni, the executive director of the Florida Section of the American Water Works that was one of the other three judges in the contest.
SARASOTA COUNTY — Sarasota County took home top honors for the region’s best drinking water at the Florida’s Section of the American Water Works Association’s 2014 Region X Best Tasting Drinking Water Contest held recently at the T. Mabry Carlton Jr. Water Treatment Plant in Venice.
More than 40 representatives from Sarasota, Charlotte, DeSoto, Manatee and Hardee counties along with the cities of North Port, Sarasota and Englewood and others in the water industry took part in the event. Judges tasted eight samples of drinking water based on clarity, taste, scent and color. They included executive director of the Florida section of the AWWA Peggy Guingoni and past chair of the Florida Section of the AWWA Rick Radcliffe. Among the samples of water presented was one from the Peace River Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority, which won the state title for best drinking water last year.
