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Could it be?

One of America's most legendary roadside touristic attractions in the realms
of tackiness--viz., Weeki Wachee Springs, FL, famous since 1947 as home of
The World's Only Full-Time Underwater Acting Company, viz., the Weeki Wachee
Mermaids--happens to be the drinking-water supply for St. Petersburg, FL,
some 50 mile to the south.

Which, of course, prompts locals to refer to St. Petersburg drinking water as
"mermaid bathwater"--perhaps out of sarcastic jest, perhaps poking fun at the
supposedly pecuilar taste thereof.

On the other hand, civic leaders in St. Petersburg have reportedly latched
onto the idea of actually bottling(!) "mermaid bathwater" (in keeping with a
trend prevailing in several cities across the country of bottling municipal
drinking water) and selling same across the country as "Magical Mermaid
Waters"--essentially cashing in on the connexion between the Weeki Wachee
Mermaids and St. Petersburg's drinking-water source. (Bound, more than
anything, to inspire drive-time DJ comedy routines and pseudo-advertisements
poking fun at the connexion between "mermaid bathwater" and "Magical Mermaid
Waters.")

Can anyone confirm the story?

And if anyone has been fortunate enough (yes!) to have actually SAMPLED St.
Petersburg drinking-water supplies for extended times, can anyone honestly say
that such does NOT actually taste like "mermaid bathwater"?

(Come to think of it, just what does "mermaid bathwater" exactly taste like?
Does it, perchance, carry traces of waterproof makeup and pefumes as can
actually cause the fish to become lovesick?)

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Sincerely,
KAHUNA ACCIDENTALE OF THE DELLS

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