Street and city
Drinking fountain
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A public fountain that provides free drinking water to passersby.
What it solves
It allows people to drink on the street without buying bottled water. In the tropical heat and during exercise it is a health necessity.
Today
Install drinking fountains with two heights, one accessible from a wheelchair and for children, with bottle filling and drainage that leaves no puddles.
Common mistake
Installing the drinking fountain and not maintaining it, until no one trusts its water.
Tomorrow
In heat waves a network of public drinking fountains is part of the city’s health. A bottle filler, a low spout for children and a bowl at the base for dogs make it useful for everyone.
Where it comes from
- 1Maurya Empire India, 3rd century BC
Emperor Ashoka ordered wells dug along the roads for travelers. - 2Islamic world Cairo and Istanbul, 14th to 18th centuries
The sabil was a small pavilion where water was given free to the public, paid for by a charitable foundation. - 3England London, 1859
A free drinking fountain association installed its first fountain next to the church of St Sepulchre.
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