The Buzz

You may have read in the Herald-Leader on Thursday that Louisville’s water had been chosen as the best-tasting water in America by a panel assembled by the American Water Works Association.

Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson decided to use the occasion to have a little good-natured fun with Lexington Mayor Jim Newberry.

Abramson had UPS deliver bottles of “Louisville pure tap water” to Newberry and the Herald-Leader’s editorial board.

An attached note went something like this: “Here’s a taste of what you’re missing. America’s best-tasting water. Let us know when you want more.”

All this was prompted by a proposal that was later rejected to pipe Louisville water to Lexington to shore up the city’s supplies in the face of periodic droughts.

Abramson’s spokesman, Chad Carlton, says Newberry hasn’t replied yet, but they are expecting something creative in return.

“It was just a opportunity to share with his friend, Mayor Jim Newberry, and the Herald-Leader editorial board a light-hearted message about Louisville water and the quality of it and the taste of it,” Carlton said.

“We’ve got great-tasting water and we don’t have a pipeline to get it to you, so we used UPS instead.”

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