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Originally Posted by AustinYIMBY
Man… I really hope that isn’t a water feature on the corner of the building. Sure they look nice, when they are actually running, but so many of these around town are shut off a majority of the year. And, I don’t think that is very responsible for a gov agency to have water wasting features for no practical use (even if the water is recirculated, which it pretty much always is, you lose water to evaporation) in a place that regularly deals with drought. Fingers crossed what I am seeing is irrigation for plantings.
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The reason why fountains have been used for thousands of years is to cool the surrounding area due to water evaporation and indeed many of the ways we can cool our urban centers is more greenery not less, more tree coverage, more covered walkways and the use of fountains in specific areas to cool the immediate area. If the water is recycled or from cooling systems I say bring them on. They need to turn on more of these fountains to be honest.