The Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association was established in 1859.

OBJECTIVES

The objectives of the Association are to promote the provision of drinking water for people and animals in the United Kingdom and Overseas and the preservation of the Association’s archive materials, artefacts, drinking fountains, cattle troughs and other installations.

This is the Association's website which is designed to assist in making grant applications for schools drinking fountains, restoration work, overseas projects to supply clean water and to provide a deeper understanding of the work and history of the association.

Fountains were erected by the Association and passed to local authorities to maintain and keep supplied with potable water. In the event that the local authority does not fulfil its obligations the Association requires the fountain or trough to be returned. Such items belong to the Association and should not be offered for sale. They remain the property of the Association and if informed, it will arrange for the collection with the intention to restore and relocate where the facility is still needed.

The following are the key areas of the site:

Home - Trustees - Finance - Grants - Projects - Restoration Work - History

Links:

http://www.fountainsoc.org.uk/

www.thisislondon.co.uk - Square Mile plans new drinking fountains

Design a drinking fountain for the Royal Parks Foundation
A Royal Parks Foundation competition, in association with Tiffany & Co. Foundation.

The Royal Parks in London are amongst the greatest spaces in the world. However, many of their public drinking fountains are generations old and need to be restored or replaced. There is a need for new drinking fountains to provide the Parks' 37m visitors per annum with an attractive, sustainable alternative to the hundreds of thousands of plastic water bottles discarded each year.

The Royal Parks Foundation and the Tiffany & Co. Foundation, in partnership with the Royal Institute of British Architects, are challenging all design disciplines - including architects, engineers, product designers and artists - to create a low-cost, attractive, drinking fountain suitable for the Royal Parks and other public spaces around the world.

The winner will see their work turned into reality in the Parks. Designs will be judged on aesthetics, robustness for life in a public park, ease of maintenance and installation, sustainability and environmental impact and affordability.

View the full competition brief and submit your design via www.architecture.com/competitions. The competition is open internationally and inter-discipline teams are encouraged. Closing date for entries is 2pm on September 22, 2010.

If you need to contact the Drinking Fountain Association please email: ralph.baber@tesco.net