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Are any water fountains across London even turned on at the moment? I thought they'd all be turned off because of Covid.
Councils across London have been bloody shit when it comes to water fountains. It really pisses me off that whenever there's a big paid event/festival going on in Hyde Park, they always turn off the water fountain near Speakers Corner. No water available, temporarily, only 3 quid cans of coke and shit coffee at grossly inflated prices. Fuck off.
I've been using an old school water fountain in that little park on the north side of the river between Vaux and Battersea for years. It was always on and working and so became a regular stop off point for refills.
About 18 months ago, while filling up with water there I was approached by 3 men in suits from Westminster Council, who asked if they could ask me a few questions about the fountain as they were thinking of replacing it. I explained I did not see the need to replace it as it was the most reliably working and sturdy designed fountains in London, and surely they had other priorities that needed their attention. They looked a bit put out, and when I repeatedly kept asking why replace it? And did not get a proper answer once, they kind of walked away in a strop.
About a month later that old, simple but fine fountain was removed. Another one was not immediately put in its place, so for a while there was none there. Then finally a new fountain was installed, it was much more modern and cheap looking, like it would not last at all. It had a push button operation rather than a trust lever and spout. It worked properly for less than a month, and then broke, has not been repaired, appears to have been vandalised beyond repair, and now there is no fountain, and just a trashed mess of a non-working fountain. Its been fucked like that for long before this Covid thing happened, and continues to be so.
All in all totally fucking useless effort by Westminster Council, as is so often the case with them, everyone was better off by them doing nothing and keeping their fucking noses out. As soon as they got involved it went to shit. #rant. Sorry BTOB, that's been bugging me for ages. #not a clue