A campaign to improve the public’s access to free drinking water has been unveiled.
A campaign to improve the public’s access to free drinking water has been unveiled.

The ‘Find-a- Fountain’ project, developed by environmental entrepreneur Guy Jeremiah and now part of the 1859 Drinking Fountain Association, aims to record all publicly accessible drinking water fountains across the UK via a specially designed interactive website. Also optimised for smartphones, the service will enable individuals to key in their location to find their nearest free water source or to share the whereabouts of a new site.

The Find-a-Fountain project hopes to start a renaissance in the use of drinking fountains in order to reduce the UK’s reliance on inefficiently produced bottled water, and lessen its negative impact on the environment1. It is hoped that this campaign will also lead to a second phase which will facilitate the installation of new drinking water fountains...