6 days ago
Tassie's top tap water supplier named with nationals now in sight
Dean Barnett
The main criteria that the judges are looking for is visually. Is it a nice, clear sample? Smell comes into it, so ideally something with very little odour. And then I guess the most important criteria is taste. Is it nice and fresh and crisp, something you can drink all day?
Kylie Baxter
Now, let's compare quality. How does Tasmanian water rank, for example, compared to other states?
Dean Barnett
Well, what I can say about the IXOM Best Tasting Tap Water competition is that Tasmania has certainly held its own with two national winners in the last five years. So you're definitely producing a good drop in Tasmania, that's for sure.
Kylie Baxter
And so then what happens now? Does Rocky Creek compete for a national title?
Dean Barnett
Yeah, absolutely. So they'll go up in the national title later in November, early December. Like I mentioned before, Tasmania's got a really good track record over the last five years, the only state to have two national winners. So if I was a betting man and just going off those odds, Tasmania's in a really good position for another national title.
Kylie Baxter
So just for clarity, we had Fern Tree. So run us through those wins in the nationals.
Dean Barnett
Yeah, definitely. So Fern Tree was in 2023. They were the national winner. Rossarden, water treatment plant, 2020 national winner. And then all the states will go up against each other again in November, early December. You might go, oh, so what happens after the national competition? Once we have a winner, we submit that into a international competition. And we also use that same sample to go up against the New Zealanders because we like beating them on any occasion.
