D.C. tap water has gotten a bad reputation, which is bound to happen when it’s blamed for hundreds of kids who had “dangerously high” amounts of lead in their blood. But things with the District’s water seem to on the up and up. D.C. Water has a new focus on increased transparency, sparkling new facilities are starting to open up around town and, according to blind taste tests, the taste of D.C.’s public water actually holds up pretty well against bottled water. D.C. Water took to five locations across the city over the past month or so to conduct said taste tests, and according to D.C. Water spokesperson Alan Heymann, “a little more than half of our participants preferred D.C. tap water over bottled, or had no preference between the two.” Sure, it might taste pretty good, but the agency’s still got a lot of work to do. According to a press release, of the 785 participants, “many reported using bottled water instead of tap water for cooking and drinking at home.”