The importance of drinking plenty of water, and the quality and source of that water is something I've learned about on my journey. There is plenty of information to be found these days on the topic. I've written a couple of previous posts here and here and this article, "The Cleanest Water On Earth? Hint: It's not Rainwater" covers the topic well.
I don't know if any other Councils are doing this. I do travel around Australia a bit, mostly in country areas, not the capital cities so much, but I've not seen this before. It is however something I have wished existed!
The disappointing part however is that nowhere on the filtered water station did it advertise the location of any other filtered water stations and, after quite a bit of Googling and browsing the website of the Cairns City Council, I could only find a reference to the installation of three filtered water stations buried in an article about the upgrade of the city centre. Nothing to tell me where they are located. I would have thought they'd be making a point of telling the public about this.
Over the course of two days during my meandering around the city I stumbled across the location of a second filtered water station in the CBD, but the location of the third remains a mystery. On my morning beach walks I did discover a further two filtered water stations located along the Cairns Esplanade. Judging by the length of the Esplanade I suspect there might be at least one other along there somewhere that I missed.
City and Shire Councils around Australia, if you're not already doing this, it's a fabulous idea that would be a step in the right direction for better health for us all!
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