Taipei City Government

With the Taipei International Dragon Boat Festival taking place starting June 16, the Taipei Water Department (TWD) seeks to use the opportunity to promote reduction of bottled water and promote the use of drinking fountains.
 
To this end, the event organizers will not provide any bottled water during the competition. Furthermore, TWD has also set up 21 mobile drinking fountains across the venue, offering the public 41 locations for accessing drinking water. A number of the locations are equipped with glass-filler fountain heads which allows users to replenish canteens or other reusable water containers.
 
In addition to merging into the surrounding urban landscape, the design of the drinking fountains also take into account the needs of different users. For example, there are fountains geared towards adults and children, reverse L-shaped drinking fountains, and drinking fountains spelling out the words “WATER”.
 
According to TWD, the WATER drinking fountain serves multiple functions, including dispensing drinking water for on-site drinking or container refill, as well as water for simple cleaning purposes. The wooden material used for the facility and the big English letters “WATER” makes these drinking fountains easily identifiable.
 
For more information, please visit the Chinese website of the 2018 Taipei International Dragon Boat Festival: http://dragonboat.taipei/default.aspx