I wouldn't call this a "drinking fountain," since I understand that term to
mean the water flows upwards
COULD drink from it, if I were to cup my hands and bring them to my lips,
even as that is inefficient, if I were really thirsty, I could do it.
In my country, and most countries I visited, fountains providing
drinking water with the specific purpose of letting people drink have a
downward flow.
Fountains with an upward flow are generally found within buildings and
rarely in the streets in my experience.
I am an avid user of fountains to drink in the streets and I definitely
do use (and prefer) the ones with a downward flow.
I do agree these two typologies of fountains are different and maybe it
would make sense to differentiate them in the tagging (as it is being
done now: drinking vs bubbler).
I still feel that fountains with a downward flow that are placed there
specifically to provide drinking water to people should be called
drinking fountains or something similar.
I do not include in this definition fountains which provide drinking
water, but whose supposed main scope is providing water for washing
clothes, irrigation or such things.
For example, take a look at this fountain, the whole purpose is to drink
from it. It does provide the option of having an upward stream, but by
default the water is flowing down.
https://duomo24.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/17356812296_2f709a02f1_b-640x871.jpg
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