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In Nepal the construction of water conduits like drinking fountains and wells is considered a pious act. [34] [35] A drinking water supply system was developed starting at least as early as 550 AD. [36] This dhunge dhara or hiti system consists of carved stone fountains through which water flows uninterrupted from underground sources. These are ...
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A typical drinking fountain. A drinking fountain, also called a water fountain or water bubbler, is a fountain designed to provide drinking water. [1] [2] It consists of a basin with either continuously running water or a tap. The drinker bends down to the stream of water and swallows water directly from the stream.
The water from the hitis is used for ordinary household purposes, for work as well as for religious and cultural activities. People of Nepal can be seen drinking and washing themselves or their laundry in a hiti, or taking the water home for washing, drinking and cooking. Baisdhara Festival
Fresh water is the water resource that is of the most and immediate use to humans. Fresh water is not always potable water, that is, water safe to drink by humans. Much of the earth's fresh water (on the surface and groundwater) is to a substantial degree unsuitable for human consumption without treatment.
The first monumental fountains in the United States were built to mark the termini of aqueducts bringing fresh drinking water into New York City. A cholera epidemic in 1832 and the disastrous Great Fire of New York , in 1835, persuaded the government of New York City to build the Croton aqueduct to bring abundant fresh water into the city.
Drinking water that is supplied through a tap . Drinking water or potable water is water that is safe for ingestion, either when drunk directly in liquid form or consumed indirectly through food preparation. It is often (but not always) supplied through taps, in which case it is also called tap water.