Blacksburg and NRV FTW!

Blacksburg and NRV FTW!

That one was straight from my microbiology teacher. The New River is the 2nd cleanest water source in the US next to a source in up state NY who pipes water to a lot of cities up there including NYC. As far as I have tasted in all my travels it sounds right to me!

That one was straight from my microbiology teacher. The New River is the 2nd cleanest water source in the US next to a source in up state NY who pipes water to a lot of cities up there including NYC. As far as I have tasted in all my travels it sounds right to me!

However, I’m wondering if you can provide a link to something verifying the second-cleanest drinking water in the U.S.? I can’t find anything to support that claim. I found mostly that a lot of larger cities are listed as having the cleanest tap water, but maybe you know of a study that looked at smaller towns in comparison to the large cities and the studies I’m finding only looked at large cities. Unfortunately, most of these cutesy Internet lists don’t provide a lot about the validity of the study and/or how it was actually conducted. Salt Lake City, Boston, Columbia, Buffalo, Las Vegas and such are all showing up when I try finding info about this.

I really do love the NRV. I grew up in West Virginia, so this is like home to me only with better services and more open-minded people. Unfortunately, the job market here stinks! Well, I realize it’s not great anywhere right now, but I would absolutely love to stay in such a great place as Blacksburg or at least Roanoke… can barely find one or two job openings though, mostly at VT, and my contact in HR there tells me hundreds of people are applying for the two or three job openings they’ve had in my field. Here’s to hoping things start looking up! Otherwise, looks as though I’ll be going elsewhere until I can come retire and become a townie… which now that I finished grad school, I guess I officially am anyway.

However, I’m wondering if you can provide a link to something verifying the second-cleanest drinking water in the U.S.? I can’t find anything to support that claim. I found mostly that a lot of larger cities are listed as having the cleanest tap water, but maybe you know of a study that looked at smaller towns in comparison to the large cities and the studies I’m finding only looked at large cities. Unfortunately, most of these cutesy Internet lists don’t provide a lot about the validity of the study and/or how it was actually conducted. Salt Lake City, Boston, Columbia, Buffalo, Las Vegas and such are all showing up when I try finding info about this.

I really do love the NRV. I grew up in West Virginia, so this is like home to me only with better services and more open-minded people. Unfortunately, the job market here stinks! Well, I realize it’s not great anywhere right now, but I would absolutely love to stay in such a great place as Blacksburg or at least Roanoke… can barely find one or two job openings though, mostly at VT, and my contact in HR there tells me hundreds of people are applying for the two or three job openings they’ve had in my field. Here’s to hoping things start looking up! Otherwise, looks as though I’ll be going elsewhere until I can come retire and become a townie… which now that I finished grad school, I guess I officially am anyway.

1. http://www.ucarshare.com is coming to town
2. Bollos
3. Easy Chair Coffee and Tea
4. Mill Mountain Coffee and Tea
5. Gillies
6. The Lyric
7. Great parks for kids and families
8. Free Wi-Fi on the bus
9. Great parades on the 4th of July and at Christmas
10. The Draper Mile