How your body uses water

We all know water is extremely important for our bodies. You can last 3 weeks without eating any food but can only survive 3 days without drinking water! And that by the time you realise you are thirsty, you are already dehydrated. But do you know exactly why it’s so good for us and how […]Read More

Drinking Water Fountains for Schools

Children’s hydration is important as their bodies lose typically more water than adults. Children spend majority of their day at school which gives schools the opportunity to enhance and support the importance of drinking water. We all know that children are generally very active especially during break periods and in class (even when they are […]Read More

Water Fountains and Public Health

Drinking Water Fountains are one of the leading suppliers of high quality water related products in the UK which includes indoor and outdoor water fountains. We’ve outlined the benefits of installing a drinking fountain and addressed common concerns related to hygiene and safety to help you choose the right water fountain for you. Water fountains […]Read More

The Health Benefits of Soda Water for Kids and Professionals

Children and professionals often see sparkling water as a more enticing option, with its refreshing effervescence that gives it a leg up on regular still water. Not only does sparkling soda water do the job when it comes to keeping people hydrated, but it can also have some other benefits as a result of its […]Read More

Can Drinking Water Fountains be Safe in Schools?

As most of you know, the news has recently been set alight by the story of a nine-year-old boy who was granted – and then lost – a pay-out of £3 215 after cutting himself on a drinking water fountain when his seven-year-old brother moved out of the way of his fist. While the internet […]Read More

Water – the drink to help you think!

Water is essential for life, it is the largest constituent of the human body and makes up 65% of a boy’s body weight and 60% of a girl’s. Adequate fluid intake is particularly important for children as they have immature thirst mechanisms, relatively high fluid loss and high activity levels. With less developed sweating and […]Read More

Drinking water fountains in schools

Recent research has shown that children aren’t drinking enough water at school as access to water in schools is often quite poor. Water can help prevent the tiredness and irritability often associated with dehydration and can improve a pupils concentration levels. The answer in many cases is to provide your school with water fountains. The […]Read More

Students upset over drinking water

Students at a school in America started a boycott over a cup of water.   There are now only two drinking fountains on offer for the students to get water from, leaving students worried that queues will be too long for everyone to have reasonable access to fresh drinking water whenever they need it. The only […]Read More

Recent Installation of Oasis VersaFillers Drinking Fountains

Drinking Water Fountains recently undertook  the replacement of some old fountains at the Warren Wood Primary School. The fountains selected by the School were the New Oasis Chilled VersaFillers . These ingenious fountains offer the standard water projector for drinking directly from the fountain as well as a push button filling station that allows for […]Read More

School drinking water fountains

As we all know a quality source of drinking water is vital in Schools. Here at drinking water fountains we strive to offer the largest range of quality water solutions in the UK. From our wall mounted UN-chilled fountains through to our massive 50 litre per hour floor-mounted chilled model we have the perfect solution […]Read More

Tomlinson Industries Products

Drinking water fountains is now a distributor for the Tomlinson products. These products include the Pro-flo range of Bubbler valves and cartridges in addition to a huge range of glassbottle filling taps. Bubbler valves generally contain a cartridge that periodically fail causing the button to leak. Many people think that all bubbler cartridges are the […]Read More

Filling water bottles in schools

When choosing a new drinking water fountain for their school many people require a method of filling up reusable sports bottles as well as the traditional bubbler valve. The most common solution to this problem is the black lever tap. This swan neck shaped device can be retrofitted to any fountain and dispenses when the […]Read More

The ideal school drinking fountains

Here at drinking water fountains we provide a huge variety of outdoor floor standing fountains. Some of these have been especially  One of our most popular school drinking fountains is the 555. This model stands at a height of 1 metre, is manufactured in stainless steel and is extremely hard wearing. The dispenser (also known […]Read More

Novus External Drinking Water Fountains

On our travels this week in Earlsfield, London we happened across a great organic market housed in a local primary school. We have seen Novus external drinking water fountains before through a supplier but had never seen one installed. Unfortunately they had been slightly neglected but they did bring a smile to our faces. The […]Read More

Fixing up our schools

The education system in the United Kingdom has never been something to gloat about, perhaps the universities yes, but primary school education has taken a rather large nosedive in the last couple of years in all areas but mainly in the infrastructure. Classrooms are over crowded, there’s not enough room for children to play outside […]Read More

Different environments require different fountains

If you are in charge of renting or purchasing a drinking water fountain you will know there are lots of things to consider first. The top priority is establishing the environment in which the fountain will be used. If it will be used in a school there are different requirements that need to be met […]Read More

The Importance of School Drinking Fountains

Education is one of the most important things in life and every parent strives to ensure their child is given the best education available. Schools around the country welcome children in each year to teach them reading, writing and arithmetic, but these days children need to be taught more about life skills and what’s ahead […]Read More

School Drinking Fountains Need a Revamp

There’s often stories in the news about how school water fountains are contaminated with germs and the school water pipes are a bacterial minefield so it’s high time schools started cleaning up their act before all the school drinking fountains are taken out from the halls! The latest news story was from Oregan in the […]Read More

Prevent Obesity with Drinking Water Fountains in Schools

A recent study conducted by the Journal of Paediatrics shows that it is possible to reduce children becoming overweight by introducing drinking water fountains throughout the school; handing out water bottles to the children in class and having teachers use lesson plans that included messages about healthy water consumption. The study was conducted on 32 […]Read More

Drinking Water fountains for schools

Last week we saw a surge of enquiries from primary schools – strangely though, this was not related to the fine weather that has heralded the start of summer. Both  enquiries were related to the water is cool in school initiative which has received wide spread praise from Uk Ofsted inspectors. We thought it may […]Read More

Mini Drinking Water Fountains for Schools

Ideal for primary schools. These junior drinking water fountains have a small footprint, and are very rugged and durable. They are available as floor standing or wall-mounted and the compact size makes them  ideal for use with younger children. The Mini Drinking Water Fountain is available in black as illustrated, and the Mini Plus Drinking Water Fountain […]Read More