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[-] MimicJar@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

In college I had a job that required me to travel all over campus. I decided to grade the various water fountains as I traveled. I had stickers, red, yellow, and green to evaluate the quality, temperature and stream. So as I walked around campus I would place a sticker on every fountain I could find.

In general the model of fountain didn't seem to matter much. It was clear some had been hooked up poorly or just had a poor water supply. But if the fountain was in a newer building or near a gym, then they were good quality.

Long way of saying it's not always the fountain, sometimes it's the infrastructure.

[-] T156@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

In general the model of fountain didn't seem to matter much. It was clear some had been hooked up poorly or just had a poor water supply. But if the fountain was in a newer building or near a gym, then they were good quality.

Could also be that they are poorly maintained.

A lot of the chilled ones have an internal filter what needs changing, or else the water quality/flow varies a lot depending on whether they had a bypass and good pipes.

[-] MimicJar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I always assumed that's why the ones near the gym were some of the best. No one complains about a fountain they use sometimes, but one you use daily/weekly, you have to make sure it's good.

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