Hundreds of free water fountains to be installed in London - MSE News

bodacious

PasturesNew wrote: »

Whoever thought this up - and whoever supported them - needs their heads knocking together.

Sadiq Khan the (useless) Mayor of London. Need we say more.

Never mind the horrific, and vastly increased knife, acid, moped (and other) crimes on the streets of London, he's far more interested in giving out free water.

Well I suppose there will be free water to pour over the next acid victim or to give a drink to the next lad dying of stab wounds <shakes head in despair>

VoucherMan

A._Badger wrote: »

Has anyone even considered the public health angle? Or does virtual signalling once again triumph over common sense?

Thames Water will take care of installation, maintenance, cleaning and repairs to ensure the fountains are clean and safe to use for all Londoners.

I think that's a yes.

Not related to DiggerUK are you? Another user that comes up with conspirational and nonsensical ideas.


I'm just happy to see that Thames Water customers will (hopefully) be paying for it's upkeep and the rest of us won't have to share the burden.

A._Badger

VoucherMan wrote: »

I think that's a yes.

Not related to DiggerUK are you? Another user that comes up with conspirational and nonsensical ideas.

'Conspirational and nonsensical ideas' eh?

It's a shame you couldn't find anything more convincing than the thought that Thames Water is going to looking after public safety.


'Thames Water fined £20,300,000 for pouring 1,400,000,000 litres of raw sewage into Thames'

https://metro.co.uk/2017/03/22/thames-water-fined-20300000-for-pouring-1400000000-litres-of-raw-sewage-into-thames-6525995/?ito=cbshare

Given London's track record of terrorist attacks and the likelihood of something refreshingly different like ebola making its grand entrance to the UK via the capital, I'll gladly encourage you to make full and frequent use of these fountains.

VoucherMan

A._Badger wrote: »

It's a shame you couldn't find anything more convincing than the thought that Thames Water is going to looking after public safety.


'Thames Water fined £20,300,000 for pouring 1,400,000,000 litres of raw sewage into Thames'

Blimey, I'd always thought London was one of the more 'advanced' areas of the country. Do they still drink water direct from the river in those parts?

Up here in the sticks we have fancy treatment works that remove all the 'nasties' from the water before it gets to our taps.
(cue [STRIKE]Digger[/STRIKE] Badger pulling up headlines showing incidents that have allowed bacteria/parasites to be found in said treatment works).

A._Badger wrote: »

Given London's track record of terrorist attacks and the likelihood of something refreshingly different like ebola making its grand entrance to the UK via the capital, I'll gladly encourage you to make full and frequent use of these fountains.

I haven't been to London for years, and with your revelation that they drink untreated water, I'm not sure that I want to go again.
I assume that's what you're suggesting as I can see no other relevance to the link. You do know that a lot of companies allow untreated sewage into rivers don't you? It's not right, but it happens. At least London is getting a new sewerage system that will hopefully help prevent future incidents.


Like others who have posted on here mention, water fountains are not a new concept. I remember using them a lot in the past. Don't remember where, probably school, but I'm sure they were elsewhere too. Amazingly I lived to tell the tale, and never picked up any infections that I'm aware of either. Certainly nothing serious.




I'm not saying I think it's a good idea. I think encouraging, and maybe even compensating more existing businesses would be enough on its own, but I'm sure there are good reasons.

glider3560

"Water Fountain" is probably the wrong term.

These things will be like the type Network Rail are installing, and have been installed in Bristol for a number of years. They are basically just a tap, which is covered slightly to protect it from the elements.

I regularly use the Network Rail ones when I'm out and about in London (don't live there, but work there). They're very useful, money saving and much better for the environment (no road transport, no single use plastic bottles).

Some of them have counters on showing how much water they've dispensed. You'd be amazed how popular they are. I recently chatted with a homeless lady at Waterloo station who said the tap/fountain in a store there was basically a lifeline for her, since it saved so much money compared to buying bottled water.

NaughtiusMaximus

parcival wrote: »

Nothing to be negative about - it's a great idea and I will deffo use them.......

Me too, can't quite understand why there's opposition to them.

The price of £5 million is around 60p per Londoner, around the same price as a 500ml bottle of water, basically if they only make use of this facility once they've made their money back.

Tainting the water with something nasty would necessitate polluting the mains water supply, not an industry I'm familiar with but I'm sure there are safeguards in place to prevent exactly that.