Brooklyn, NY – New “Bottle-Friendly” Water Bubblers Planned For Prospect Park

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    The new Smart Tap water fountain and old style fountain. Nethermead Prospect park Brooklyn NY. (Stefano Giovannini) Brooklyn, NY – Six new “bottle-friendly” water bubblers are on their way to Prospect Park so that thirsty Brooklyn residents will no longer have to concern themselves with the possibility that a dog may have preceded them at the fountain.

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    The BROOKLYN PAPER (http://bit.ly/12LwCiW) reports that the new bubblers, which stand about five-feet high, dispense water vertically, thus making re-fills of water bottles a snap.

    The stations will also include a traditional, bend-over applicator, as well.

    The fountains, which are produced and donated by Smart Tap, will be installed by the Prospect Park Alliance in the hopes that park users will find that re-filling their bottles is both cheaper and better of the environment.


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    ProminantLawyer
    ProminantLawyer
    10 years ago

    Install them in manhattan where they belong

    OyGevald
    OyGevald
    10 years ago

    Cheaper? Doubtful. These will never pay for itself considering the maintenance it will require and the Union workers wages to do so. Bottled water purchased at the grocery and refrigerated at home cost about .25/bottle. These new water stations will cost the city probably $5.00+ per 16oz bottle to fill.
    Love the idea though! Wondering if it was in the new multi-Billion dollar budget Bloomberg announced recently.

    enlightened-yid
    enlightened-yid
    10 years ago

    Great idea. Now only if public our bathrooms would catch up to European standards where doors and faucets don’t have to be opened with hands to spread germs.

    Tzi_Bar_David
    Tzi_Bar_David
    10 years ago

    “Bubblers?” Where is this person from? In this part of the world they are “water fountains.”