Public Drinking Water Fountain

Fancy fountains for the Royal Parks

The Royal Parks in London are beautiful public spaces for visitors from across the world. As such, it is vital that free and fresh clean drinking water is available for these visitors. The Royal Parks Foundation decided that it did not just want any fountains though, and launched a competition for people to submit their [...]

Association promotes use of drinking fountains

Drinking Water Fountains tremendously value the importance of the product that we sell. And we are not the only ones! The Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association was established in 1859. The main objectives of the Association are to promote the provision of drinking water for both people and animals. Its work focuses not [...]

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London’s best drinking water fountains

There are many beautiful drinking water fountains across London, but Time Out, a go-to guide for London, has compiled a list of their five favourites, to make it easier for you to stay hydrated wherever you are in the capital! 1 The Freeman Family Fountain, Hyde Park, W1 Standing on a plinth of granite, this polished [...]

Who invented the drinking water fountain?

The modern drinking fountain was invented and manufactured in the early 1900s by two men: Halsey Willard Taylor with the Halsey Taylor Company; and Luther Haws with the Haws Sanitary Drinking Faucet Co. These two companies changed how water was served in public places. Taylor’s father had died of typhoid fever caused by contaminated public drinking [...]

Trevi Fountain in Rome loses leaves

Several decorative pieces have fallen off the Trevi Fountain in Rome, raising the alarm that one of the eternal city’s most famous structures needs a new major restoration. Stone laurel leaves fell from the top frieze of the fountain, which marks the terminal point of one of the aqueducts that brought drinking water to ancient [...]

City’s historic drinking fountain is restored

Lichfield District Council has set about restoring an historic drinking fountain in the city. Lichfield District Council is using funding secured from city developers to clean and restore the Serjeantson Fountain on Greenhill in Lichfield. Contractors dug out the fountain and pump stone on Wednesday 23 May, and took them away so they could receive [...]

Public fountains to help the environment

ParknPool, an American company, have joined forces with GlobalTap to ensure that the public have access to fresh drinking water at all times, whilst also promoting reusable bottles and deterring people from purchasing bottled water. GlobalTap is an eco-friendly organisation whose aim is to ensure access to clean, safe drinking water across the globe, alongside [...]

Historic fountain gets a royal revamp

An historic public drinking fountain is in line for a facelift to commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The 115-year-old fountain went up on Whitburn village green in 1897 for the 60th anniversary of Queen Victoria’s reign. Now the community wants to refurbish the ageing monument to its former glory in time for the Diamond Jubilee. [...]

Sussex town installs public drinking water fountain

A West Sussex town has turned on a new drinking fountain as part of its campaign to persuade people to drink tap water rather than bottled water. The fountain has been installed on the quay in Arundel for everyone to use. Arundel Agenda 21, the community group behind the initiative, has also designed a reusable “collapsible [...]

Bath introduces new public water fountains

The first of ten new public drinking fountains will be installed in Bath next month. A business-backed community project has also persuaded Sir James Dyson to design a stainless steel drinking bottle for the city. Love Tap Water (LTW) has been launched by three local women in a move aimed at turning the tide against plastic [...]

Fancy fountains for the Royal Parks

Public Drinking Water Fountain

Fancy fountains for the Royal Parks

Association promotes use of drinking fountains

London’s best drinking water fountains

Who invented the drinking water fountain?

Trevi Fountain in Rome loses leaves

City’s historic drinking fountain is restored

Public fountains to help the environment

Historic fountain gets a royal revamp

Sussex town installs public drinking water fountain

Bath introduces new public water fountains

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