City Supplies Summer Water Stations

In downtown Brooklyn yesterday, Michael Bloomberg announced a new program that will bring water stations to public spaces around the city, at least through Labor Day. The Water-On-The-Go program connects stations (which contain six faucets each) to fire hydrants, and allows people to fill their water bottles or their dog's portable water bowls. There will be 10 stations, rotating through locations like Brooklyn Bridge Park and Times Square, and each will have volunteers watching over them (you know, to make sure no one spikes the H2O with LSD). Here's a full schedule that'll keep you hydrated all summer long—don't forget, NYC has some of the best tasting tap water in the nation!

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By Jen Carlson in News on July 5, 2010 4:05 PM

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Cannibal

Nice. Now were almost on par with ancient Rome.

ozik

A program like this isn't efficient if it's mobile. You need crap like this to stay in one place so people can build it into their moving around the city, otherwise it's purely a fluke if it's needed when a person randomly walks by it.

It's a nice idea, but poorly implemented.

bashmentgirl

Bloomberg laid off hundreds of people and cut millions of dollars in public services. The only thing he's willing to give us are a few water fountains? That sucks.