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Peter Gleick: Water fountains victory – The Cavs cave

Posted by: Maven on February 11, 2010 at 7:54 am

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

“OK, my crystal ball is often cloudy, but in my last post just two days ago, I predicted that the decision by the Cleveland Cavaliers to remove the drinking water fountains from the Quicken Loans Arena (the Q), ostensibly for health reasons, would ultimately be reversed.

Well, I was right. Fan reaction, outrage, and the perceptions that the Cavs were just trying to boost bottled water sales were all factors, but so was the fact that it is a violation of Ohio building codes to have a stadium without water fountains.

Water Number: 1 for 1000. Most building codes require that public arenas and sports stadiums have one water fountain for every 1000 seats. This is true of the Ohio building codes and it is true of the Florida building codes, where the Central Florida University stadium water-fountain fiasco occurred. … “

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February 11, 2010 · Filed Under Drinking Water & Bottled Water

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