Emporia city leaders are understandably pleased to have another first-place award for the city’s drinking water.
Emporia came in first at the joint annual conference of the Kansas Water Environment Association and Kansas Section of the American Water Works Association this week. Public Works Director Dean Grant says the award reflects the work of staffers like plant manager Jack Mason, assistant manager Brad Riggs and the entire department. It also reflects the daily quality of Emporia’s tap water.
This follows top honors in 2012 and 2007. Emporia has fared well in other contests, winning the Kansas Rural Water Association’s contest numerous times the past 20 years and the Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, contest for best tasting water in the world in 2013 and 2017.
5:30 pm Tuesday: Emporia wins Kansas-American Water Works Association water taste test award
For the first time in a decade, Emporia has won the Kansas-American Water Works Association water taste test award.
Emporia city leaders learned of the honor this week. This follows top honors in 2012 and 2007.
Public Works Director Dean Grant credited Jack Mason, Brad Riggs and other water treatment plant employees for their work.
Emporia city commissioners will officially receive the award later. The city now represents Kansas in the national contest.
