In this 1938 image, a Black boy uses a fountain marked 'colored' at a North Carolina county courthouse. Getty Images No one knows for certain when public facilities like bathrooms and drinking ...

A crackle of sulfur-crested cockatoos in Western Sydney have figured out how to grab a drink from a park water fountain. Now, they've learnt how to use twist-handle water fountains, which require a ...

About 38 drinking fountains and sinks in more than a dozen Tri-City public schools had high levels of lead in them, according to recent test data provided by the Washington State Department of Health.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Lead is a potent environmental neurotoxin, and there is no safe level for exposure. So eight years ago, when Pittsburgh Public Schools found lead in the water students were ...

Cold, clear water, crisp as an icy stream, flows from four new drinking fountains at Helena High School. No longer do students and staff have to drink tepid, tasteless tap water from the old ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Drinking fountains are a thing of the past at the Fresno Fair. There was only one left this year and it has been removed. Still, there are places to get a free drink of water.

AUSTIN, Texas — Over the past several weeks, Austin Water installed two new public drinking fountains downtown. Last year, Austin Water budgeted about $750,000 in order to install a total of 10 ...