All water isn't the same. To hear von Wiesenberger tell it, some waters are as different from one another as Marilyn Manson is from Charles Osgood. Water contains dissolved solids, all kinds of minerals. There might be calcium, magnesium, sodium. There might be potassium, which gives it a sweet taste.
Municipal water has chlorine, an acid.
In other words, you can taste the rocks. Ready to adjudicate, we took up positions on the stage at Coolfont. Several dozen audience members sat in folding chairs, perfectly willing to watch other people drink water. The emcee, J.W. Rone, an event organizer, welcomed everyone and gave a preliminary explanation of the gravity of the event. In the first round we tasted 20 municipal drinking waters.