{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"Corbin CUC wins award for best tasting water &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"3pBWnuIDWT\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/corbin-cuc-wins-award-best-tasting-water\/\">Corbin CUC wins award for best tasting water<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/corbin-cuc-wins-award-best-tasting-water\/embed\/#?secret=3pBWnuIDWT\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Corbin CUC wins award for best tasting water&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"3pBWnuIDWT\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Hampton-and-Herd-2x.jpg","thumbnail_width":360,"thumbnail_height":480,"description":"Corbin has some of the best tasting water around, at least according to the results of an annual competition held at the Kentucky-Tennessee American Waterworks Association. The organization is currently holding its annual conference in Knoxville, Tenn. and Corbin\u2019s City Utilities Commission beat out seven other utility companies in a taste test competition held Monday. \u201cWe entered it last year and didn\u2019t win, but we were told we were close,\u201d said Ron Herd, General Manager at CUC. \u201cThis time, we won. I\u2019ve always thought we have good tasting water, so it\u2019s nice to see others think so too.\u201d Herd said the conference is a regional event. Corbin\u2019s water will now go on to a national taste testing competition where it will compete with other utility companies from around the United States. Herd said CUC has received comments and letters from people in the past who \u201cappreciate our good tasting water.\u201d \u201cWe had some people come in from out of state that stayed with us and they couldn\u2019t believe the water they were drinking came out of a tap. They thought it was spring water or really good well water,\u201d Herd said. \u201cI told them it was city water and they were amazed.\u201d CUC gets its water, ultimately, from Laurel River. Herd said many factors could affect how water tastes, including the individual preferences of whoever is drinking it, alkalinity, presence of certain minerals and hardness, along with the way it is treated. \u201cI guess part of it is that the way we treat it works well and gets everything out of it that would negatively impact the taste,\u201d Herd said. Herd accepted the award for winning the competition along with CUC\u2019s chief water plant operator James Hampton."}