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Rome knows what's up. (thelemmy.club)
submitted 2 years ago by rmuk@feddit.uk to c/hydrohomies@lemmy.ml

These water fountains flow constantly with fresh drinking water for anyone to use and they are everywhere in Rome. Covering the spout with your finger forces the water out a hole on top, creating a arch of water at perfect 𝓼𝓡𝓾𝓻𝓹𝓲𝓷𝓰 height. The Romans were/are with us.

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[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's a whole lot of wasted drinking water when a modern drinking fountain would prevent the waste

[-] StThicket@reddthat.com 4 points 2 years ago

Clean drinking water is not a scarcity everywhere. I'm pretty sure Rome would shut these down if that was the case.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Water treatment still costs something

[-] Hextubewontallowme@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Egh, a drinking fountain still sucks... better be a water faucet with control if I'm bein' honest

Then, I can fill up my water.

[-] logi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

You can fill your bottle from these. I'd mark them along my cycling routes and fill up.

this post was submitted on 29 Mar 2024
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