{"id":68733,"date":"2016-05-19T18:40:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T22:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=68733"},"modified":"2016-05-19T16:45:52","modified_gmt":"2016-05-19T20:45:52","slug":"this-years-pick-for-best-tasting-water-in-madison-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=68733","title":{"rendered":"This Year\u2019s Pick for Best Tasting Water in Madison County"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Morrisville<\/a>Madison County Health Department announced Morrisville State College as the winner of the 2016\u00a0Madison County Public Water System Drinking Water Taste Contest. Morrisville State College is a\u00a0public water system that provides drinking water to approximately 3,450 residents.<\/p>\n

The contest was held April 30 as part of the Madison County Safe and Secure Counties Open\u00a0House.<\/p>\n

As the winner of the Drinking Water Taste Test, Morrisville State College is eligible to compete at the\u00a0Regional Drinking Water Taste Test in late August 2016.\u00a0Five community water systems took part in this year\u2019s competition. The identity of each water system\u00a0was concealed from tasters who rated the best tasting water. The Village of Hamilton\u2019s Public Water\u00a0System took second place in this year\u2019s competition.<\/p>\n

About 68 percent of Madison County\u2019s residents are served by a public water system. Public water\u00a0systems are required to regularly test their water quality for a large range of contaminants, report their\u00a0test results to the Health Department, and provide treatment to ensure the safety of the drinking\u00a0water.<\/p>\n

Drinking water varies from place to place, depending on the water\u2019s source and the treatment it receives. Drinking water must meet required health standards when it leaves the treatment plant.\u00a0After treated water leaves the plant, it is monitored within the distribution system to identify and\u00a0remedy any problems such as water main breaks, pressure variations, treatment problems or growth\u00a0of microorganisms. If a problem is detected, immediate retesting and corrective actions are taken, and\u00a0a water system follows strict instructions on how to inform the public.<\/p>\n

Residents served by public water systems can learn about the quality and testing of the water they use\u00a0daily by reviewing their water systems Annual Water Quality or Consumer Confidence Report. The\u00a0report will tell consumers what contaminants have been detected in their drinking water, how these\u00a0detection levels compare to drinking water standards, possible health effects, where their\u00a0water comes\u00a0from, and includes any violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act standards during the year. The report\u00a0must be published annually before July 1, and, in most cases, is mailed directly to customers\u2019 homes.<\/p>\n

Call your water supplier to request a copy of your Annual Water Quality Report, or visit their website as\u00a0a copy may be available online. The contact information and website for your water supplier should be\u00a0listed on your water bill.<\/p>\n

To learn more call Madison County Health Department at 366-2526.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Madison County Health Department announced Morrisville State College as the winner of the 2016\u00a0Madison County Public Water System Drinking Water Taste Contest. Morrisville State College is a\u00a0public water system that provides drinking water to approximately 3,450 residents. The contest was held April 30 as part of the Madison County Safe and Secure Counties Open\u00a0House. As […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23810,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellbeing","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/48019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}