DC Water Conducts Taste Test Challenge: Bottled vs. Tap Water

July 09, 2013

Is it tap or not tap? This is the question that DC Water’s Outreach Team will ask customers at a series of blind taste tests conducted across the District. These taste challenges, also known as “Water Wednesdays,” are designed to engage customers about the District’s drinking water and encourage them to drink tap water.

WHO: DC Water’s Outreach Team
Wendy/Wendell the Water Drop, DC Water’s Mascot

WHAT: Participants will sample bottled and tap water, to determine which tastes better. The 125th participant will receive a prize and take a picture with the Water Drop.

WHEN: Every Wednesday, noon - 2:00 pm, beginning July 10 through August 28, 2013

WHERE: Ward 3 - July 10 (raindate: July 11)
Tenleytown Metro Station, 4530 40th Street, NW

Ward 1 - July 17 (raindate: July 18)
Columbia Heights Metro Station, 3030 14th Street, NW

Ward 2 - July 24 (raindate: July 25)
Sweetgreen, 2221 I Street, NW

Ward 4 - July 31 (raindate: August 1)
Safeway, 6500 Piney Branch Road, NW

Ward 5 - August 7 (raindate: August 8)
Giant, 1050 Brentwood Road, NE

Ward 6 - August 14 (raindate: August 15)
Safeway, 1100 4th Street, SW

Ward 7 - August 21 (raindate: August 22)
District Department of Employment Services, 4052 Minnesota Ave, NE

Ward 8 - August 28 (raindate: August 29)
The Zone, 3939 South Capitol Street, SE

More than 800 people participated in similar taste tests last summer and more than half ranked tap water as better tasting than bottle water or did not taste a difference between the two samples.

DC Water promotes tap water as a more economical and environmentally friendly alternative to bottled water. It is conveniently available at home and throughout the District as part of the TapIt network —www.tapitwater.com/dc.

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