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Columbia Awarded Best-Tasting Drinking Water

By Inside Columbia

The Missouri section of the American Water Works Association held their joint annual meeting at Lake of the Ozarks. And for the second time, Columbia Water & Light won the 2026 drinking water taste contest after winning in 2018.

A panel of judges ranked the water samples on a scale from one to seven. Previous winners include O’Fallon, St. Louis and Independence.

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