Originally Posted by
Ghazmh
I think local businesses are against water fountains so it forces runners, cyclists, thirsty tourists into stores to buy overpriced bottled water.
Given the plastic waste, a law that could make sense is that any place selling single serving water bottles also be required to maintain a free water fountain, either inside or out.
I know, it seems like an imposition, but churning through the bottles is too, just less visibly, and it's an example of the sort of incumbent behavior that needs to change.
I've also been impressed by things like train stations and (in the one recent experience) airports now offering bottle filling stations; dump out your bottle, go through security with it empty to fit the rules, fill it right back up again on the far side. In limited cases we're starting to figure it out.