A Gorham Mobile Home Park Wins the Best Drinking Water in Maine

I definitely feel spoiled with a well sometimes.

I've had some nasty, sulfur-y well water in my days, but thankfully never at my own house. I feel blessed to have crystal clear, if not incredibly hard, water. I'm sure over time I'm turning my insides to stone, but our water at home is amazing. It makes it tough to drink just about anything else.

Not that I've had any real bad city water in Maine. Not like the old stories of say, Boston water that people are still in therapy about. I remember taking a school trip to Boston in high school and purposely trying the water to see how bad it was. It was hideous. It tasted like drinking pool water. So gross.

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These days, if you want the really good stuff, you'll have to travel to Gorham.

This week in Bangor, cities and towns from all over Maine submitted their water to be judged by a panel of experts from around the state. During the tasting, the judges look at many different aspects of the water. They check it for clarity, odor of any kind, and of course, taste.

According to WABI, this year's top choice was from Gorham! From here, Maine Mobile Homes Friendly Village water from Gorham will head to the national contest, which will be in 2025 in Washington, DC. Last years winner was the city of Brewer. But to be fair, one shouldn't really judge the source, when judging the water. Thankfully, we live in a state that cares very deeply about drinking water.

Honestly though, it's hard to beat well water, no matter where it comes from. Sure, it's easy to want to judge it because it came from a mobile home park, but this isn't remotely the first time a mobile home park has won. One from up in the County just won the whole thing the year before last. It's where it's from... It's what is in the cup!