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I've never heard of such a thing. That would be so strange to see.
by gagege 11y ago
I've never heard of such a thing. That would be so strange to see.
- Frondo 11y agoPortland, Oregon has them all over: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benson_Bubbler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benson_Bubbler
- jarcoal 11y agoIndeed! I haven't seen a "normal" drinking fountain in Portland in ages. That said, I have seen homeless people do unspeakable things with them, so my trust is rattled.
- qnaal 11y ago"hobo bidets" we call them
- blacksmith_tb 11y agoI often see crows drinking out of them, which I find endearing, but others might look askance at.
- wmil 11y agoI'd be worried if the crows refused to drink from them.
- Frondo 11y agoThe constant flowing water and exposure to the elements provides a lot of mechanical action to wash away bacteria. I've also never actually seen anything gross stuck onto the water spout, so I'm not too worried about it.
- jaggederest 11y agoThere's chloramines in the water to deal with things like that anyway. Nobody is scrubbing out the water mains beneath the streets - they're not 'clean' by any common definition of the word, but they are perfectly acceptable - they're sanitary due to the disinfection compounds in the water.
- meej 11y agoI've seen them used as birdbaths, and people let their dogs drink from them. It doesn't make me terribly excited about drinking from them myself.
- jsprogrammer 11y ago100k gallons of potable water per day.
- jerrysievert 11y agoyup. water that is passing through the pipes is simply moving from the mountains to the ocean (and producing electricity [1]). whether they go through the bubblers or route around via the rivers is less consequence. [1] http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/drinking-water-pipes-can-also-deliver-electric-power/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/drinking-water-pipes-can-also...
- fluidcruft 11y agoIt's misleading to equate treated water with untreated water.