<div dir="auto">Hi Paul, <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">From what I understand, the US Federal regulation in 1912 was a blanket ban on all water fountains with reusable metal cups not the fountain itself.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">There are also some regulations regarding the nozzle itself on modern fountains... some of the older ones accumulated dribble which could projected into the next drinkers mouth... (gross). Needless to say, this is no longer an issue. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best regards,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Stuart </div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 7, 2020, 16:00 Paul Allen <<a href="mailto:pla16021@gmail.com">pla16021@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 at 06:01, European Water Project <<a href="mailto:europeanwaterproject@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">europeanwaterproject@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">The fountain in the picture you show is an old style fountain with a drinking cup who style was banned by Federal Regulation in the US in 1912 due to its unsanitary nature. </div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>This one is in the UK, not the US. But it's probably not a legal source of drinking</div><div>water in the UK either. However, in other countries drinking fountains that look</div><div>like that may be legal.<br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">-- <br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Paul</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div></div>
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