Bari Joslyn of the Northern Kentucky Water District holds a glass of the area's finest water. (Patrick Reddy photo) | ZOOM |

        Bari Joslyn, director of water quality and production for Northern Kentucky Water District, believes her water may taste better because of the potassium permanganate and carbon — two agents added to remove bad taste and odor from drinking water.

        Potassium permanganate is added to the water in the pipeline as it's drawn from the river (80 percent of the district's water comes from the Ohio River, 20 percent from the Licking River). The river water goes to two reservoirs at the Fort Thomas treatment plant where the carbon is added. After mingling with the carbon for two days, the water is treated with fluoride, filtered through fine sand and coal and finally treated with chlorine.

        The Northern Kentucky Water District serves about 195,000 people in Kenton and Campbell counties.
       
       

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