When Curious Citizen Jaemey Bush turns on her tap, she notices a distinct smell and taste. She wanted to know: what makes Chicago tap water taste like that?

Jennifer Brandel dove into this investigation.

In this episode, Jennifer brings us her findings as well as the results of a tap water taste test.

WBEZ employees sipped water from different neighborhoods in Chicago and surrounding suburbs, and unanimously deemed one water the victor. Tune in to find out where it came from.

Also, hey you guys: this episode wraps up season one of this here Curious City Podcast. We hope you've enjoyed our experimentation in making this. And, we'd love to know what you think about it all. What did you like? What did you dislike? What do you want more or less of? We've made a short survey for you to take over at wbez.org/curiouscity. If you can spare just like 5 minutes to lend us your brain, please do.

Thank you for being a friend.

The music in this episode came from: Christian Bjoerklund, .Tape. and Tiavannagh.