[Tagging] Is this a drinking fountain?

Davidoskky davidoskky at yahoo.it
Tue Oct 4 09:00:27 UTC 2022


> I wouldn't call this a "drinking fountain," since I understand that term to mean the water flows upwards
>   COULD drink from it, if I were to cup my hands and bring them to my lips, even as that is inefficient, if I were really thirsty, I could do it.
In my country, and most countries I visited, fountains providing 
drinking water with the specific purpose of letting people drink have a 
downward flow.

Fountains with an upward flow are generally found within buildings and 
rarely in the streets in my experience.

I am an avid user of fountains to drink in the streets and I definitely 
do use (and prefer) the ones with a downward flow.


I do agree these two typologies of fountains are different and maybe it 
would make sense to differentiate them in the tagging (as it is being 
done now: drinking vs bubbler).

I still feel that fountains with a downward flow that are placed there 
specifically to provide drinking water to people should be called 
drinking fountains or something similar.

I do not include in this definition fountains which provide drinking 
water, but whose supposed main scope is providing water for washing 
clothes, irrigation or such things.


For example, take a look at this fountain, the whole purpose is to drink 
from it. It does provide the option of having an upward stream, but by 
default the water is flowing down.

https://duomo24.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/17356812296_2f709a02f1_b-640x871.jpg




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