How Good are our Water Fountains?

Water fountains should taste the same, so we put that theory to the test

Taylor Cunningham and Chloe Hollowell| February 13, 2018

You may think that the Liberty water fountains should all taste the same, so we decided to test that statement and rank all them in the school.

Graded on taste, cleanliness, temperature and water pressure, the four categories were each put on a 10 point scale, with 1 being the worst and 10 being the best. All four categories were added up at the end out of 40 points.

Overall, we found that the third and fourth water fountain (from the left) taste better than the first two. They scored significantly higher and made the water tasting experience better. The best water fountains to go to would be the the cafeteria fountains, and in the 400 hallway.

500 Hall Fountains from left to right:  Overall all of these fountains were quite horrible, scoring some of the lowest rankings.

  1. 20.5/40
  2. 19/40
  3. 27.5/40
  4. 26/40

600 Hall Fountains from left to right:  While these were also quite horrible, they weren’t near as bad as the 500 hall fountains.

  1. 18/40
  2. 17/40
  3. 35/40
  4. 33/40
  5. 25/40
  6. 22/40

400 Hall Fountains from left to right: The front half of the hallways fountains were pretty good, one of which we consider to be the best in the school.

  1. 4/40
  2. 6/40
  3. 31/40
  4. 40/40

400 Hall Fountains from left to right: The back half of the 400 hall wasn’t as great as the front, as a group they definitely scored the lowest. 

  1. 15/40
  2. 14/40
  3. 12/40
  4. 12/40

300 Hall Fountains from left to right: The front half of the hallways fountains were pretty decent.

  1. 14/40
  2. 19/40
  3. 20/40
  4. 36/40

300 Hall Fountains from left to right: The back half of the hallway was good, they scored some of the highest rankings. 

  1. 16/40
  2. 19/40
  3. 34/40
  4. 21/40

200 Hall Fountains from left to right: The first and second fountains are not recommended because they don’t taste the best.

  1. 12/40
  2. 11/40
  3. 28/40
  4. 22/40

100 Hall Fountains from left to right: These fountains were pretty decent, they weren’t the best but they weren’t the worst.

  1. 14/40
  2. 15/40
  3. 27/40
  4. 28/40

Cafeteria Fountains from left to right: These were some of the best fountains in the school, as a group they had some of the highest rankings.

  1. 19/40
  2. 20/40
  3. 23/40
  4. 23/40