Chris Lemke, president of the Kane County Water Association, pours water from a local municipality into a beaker to be judged during the annual taste testing contest pitting the water of Kane County municipalities against each other on Thursday, December 20, 2012, in Batavia. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
From left: Taste test judges including former Kane County Board chairman Mike McCoy, honorary Kane County Water Association member Bob Sassman and Beacon News reporter Jenette Sturges discuss water samples placed in front of them during the annual Kane County Water Association taste test contest on Thursday, December 20, 2012, in Batavia. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Honorary Kane County Water Association member and taste testing contest judge Bob Sassman holds a examines a beaker of water for clarity as he judges local Kane County municipality water samples on Thursday, December 20, 2012, in Batavia. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Danielle Gardner/Staff Photographer/Naperville Sun 2010/02/11 Thursday, Aurora -- Head shot of Naperville Sun reporter Jenette Sturges
Apparently, I’m a bit of a water connoisseur. Which is ridiculous. At home, I drink tap, filtered by one of those gizmos attached to the faucet. The “change filter” light has been blinking red at me for months. My taste buds have been so abused …
