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Waterloo unveils first-of-its-kind accessible outdoor drinking water station with pet-friendly features

Waterloo unveils first-of-its-kind accessible outdoor drinking water station with pet-friendly features

The drinking water fountain is located on the periphery of the square across from McCabe’s Irish Pub and is the first of its kind in the Waterloo to be attached to an existing fire hydrant, according to Scott Donelle, the city’s manager of water operations and maintenance. The fountain, which can be removed in the fall, will offer the same clean and safe drinking water as all other taps across the city and can be accessed through four stations: a bottle filling station, a drinking station, an accessible drinking station and a pet station at ground level.

Need to beat the heat? This Ottawa fire hydrant is now a water fountain

Need to beat the heat? This Ottawa fire hydrant is now a water fountain

To give residents easy access to drinking water this summer, the City of Ottawa has installed a water fountain in the city's Chinatown neighbourhood that attaches to a fire hydrant much like a fire hose. Ottawa's water services department noticed during last summer's heat waves in western Canada people loved having drinking fountains and misting stations run off the cities' fire hydrants — so in the fall, they decided to recreate the idea here.