If you're not from Milwaukee, you might think they're drinking fountains. But in southeast Wisconsin, they've been bubblers for nearly a century.

If you're not from Milwaukee, you might think they're drinking fountains. But in southeast Wisconsin, they've been bubblers for nearly a century.

A public water fountain here — and pretty much only here — is called a bubbler — making it one of our 100 objects.

As part “What and Why RI” series, we set out to answer why Rhode Islanders stubbornly call it a bubbler, while most of the country does not.

Water The Booth Street bubbler Last week, Micah MacArthur, who is a licensed plumber, installed a drinking fountain on the 3100 block of Booth Street, which is where he lives. It is for both ...

But are drinking fountains primed for a comeback? Just maybe. About a year ago, the Philadelphia Water Department began kicking around the idea of bringing back public bubblers. “We were ...

The Mack Park Pool's recently fixed water features include the fountain and deck bubbler in the pool’s zero-depth entry as well as the “palm tree” and “crow’s nest” sprayers just ...

For fountains and bubblers, James recommends recessed spotlights of varied colours to be positioned at the base of the bubbling feature in the swimming pool.