Burgowan in running for best tap water in origin battle with NSW

In the quest to be crowned the best tap water north of Mount Kosciuszko, a small town on the Fraser Coast is leading the charge against New South Wales.

Water from the treatment plant at Burgowan, near Torbanlea about 20km outside Hervey Bay, is vying to take out this year’s 2024 IXOM Water of Origin title, a tough, no-holds-barred battle between Queensland and Victoria for the best tasting on tap.

In the battle to be crowned the best tap water north of Mount Kosciuszko, a small town on the Fraser Coast is leading the way.

Water from the treatment plant at Burgowan, near Torbanlea about 20km outside Hervey Bay, is vying to take out this year’s 2024 IXOM Water of Origin title, a tough, no-holds-barred battle between Queensland and New South Wales for the best tasting on tap.

Fraser Coast Regional Council, representing Queensland, believes the sample will topple New South Wales challenger, Rous County Council with a sample from Nightcap about 30km west of Lismore.

The award will be judged and presented at the Water Industry Operations Association conference on the Sunshine Coast on Wednesday, July 24.

The water representing Queensland is being sourced from a treatment plant at Burgowan at the Fraser Coast., near Torbanlea and about 20km outside Hervey Bay.

The conference will feature 110 exhibiting companies and is expected to draw a crowd of more than 800.

Winning the competition ensures bragging rights until 2025.

Queensland holds a seven-to-three win-loss record over New South Wales across the event’s 10-year history.

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Water samples at the event are blind taste tested and rated according to the Water Tasting Wheel, which outlines attributes including colour, clarity, odour and taste.

WIOA chief executive Dean Barnett said the origin battle “celebrates the individuals and organisations that strive hard, some in very trying circumstances, to ensure their communities are supplied with safe drinking water every day”.

“We want to draw people’s attention to the great work that is going on behind the scenes in their local communities to help shape and secure Australia’s water future.”