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Project - Dirty Drinking Fountians
Have you ever noticed someone putting their mouth on a drinking fountain? - Have you ever noticed water dribbling out of your mouth, onto the spout? We have!
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Research
This year we did our own research, not just research
off the web. We swabbed fountains and put the results in petri dishes.
Then we swabbed fountains under UV light.
Bacteria commonly found on fountains:
Solution
We designed our own drinking fountain, it's small, affordable, and most of all clean!
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Spout:
The water comes from the side, to stop water from dribbling out of your mouth, and back onto the spout.
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Water activation:
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We Have a hands - free motion sensor, it points down, wave your hand under for a nice drink of water.
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Basin:
The basin is the most nasty part, right? We have a UV light shining into he basin, pointing away from you. When you come for a drink, it turns off until you walk away. UV light kills bacteria.
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