Tadaa! In this the 3rd of 4 instalments, we present to you the continuing saga of how cool, refreshing drinking water trickled its way through the past until it reached you in the very convenient water cooler machines of today. 1900 Manchester enlarged the Lake Thirlmere reservoir in the Lake District. 1906 Further abroad, the water fountain was first invented. It is credited to two men - Halsey...

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