Published: July 25, 2007 04:49 pm         

LYNDONVILE: Area named the region's best-tasting water

As Adam Sandler stated in “The Waterboy,” “Now that’s what I call some high quality H20.”

The Village of Lyndonville, which won the countywide “best tasting water” competition against Albion at last month’s Strawberry Festival in Albion, took the crown at the Monroe County Fair by knocking off three other competitors for the regional distinction of best tasting water.

Lyndonville Superintendent of Public Works Terry Woodworth commended the village government for its efforts in providing their hometown with clean drinking water.

“I think this speaks well for the commitment by Mayor Marc Scarr and the past and present board members has made to update our water plan,” Woodworth said. “It also says a lot about the commitment of our operators to produce good, quality water.”

The next step for the village will be the state competition in August at the New York State Fair in Syracuse. Scarr expressed his pleasure with the town’s victory.

“I think it’s great,” Scarr said. “We’re very proud of Lyndonville. I’m proud to be here and be a part of this. For a little community, we achieve a lot of things. We achieve a lot for a town with less than 900 people.”

Scarr shared “the secret” to Lyndonville’s tasty water.

“We slow sand filter our water,” he said. “Our water is pretty expensive. One of the reasons for that is because we buy sand from a special mine. There’s only two mines around that sell this sand. The sand gives the water that good taste.”

Scarr said he’d like to see an entrepreneur take advantage of the village’s drinking water.

“I’d like to see a bottled water plant come in here,” Scarr said. “All we need is a young guy with some bucks to come in and start up a business. We have a facility that they could use.”

The old cold storage building on West Avenue could be seen as a suitable area for a bottled water manufacturing plant, according to Scarr.

This isn’t the first time Lyndonville has gone to the state championships for its water, though. Recently, Woodworth said, Lyndonville made four consecutive trips to the state fair to compete in the best tasting water competition. However, they didn’t come home with the title. Woodworth hopes that a victory will come to the village in August.

“There’s just a little bit of luck involved,” he said. “Hopefully we can win it this time around.”