# Waterfountains... why two streams of water?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waterfountains-why-two-streams-of-water/238861>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 8, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waterfountains-why-two-streams-of-water/238861 "2004-04-08T01:37:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![hauss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5fc32e/32.png) [@hauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hauss)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waterfountains-why-two-streams-of-water/238861/1 "2004-04-08T01:37:09Z")

</div>

Many have two streams meeting together. If anything, it causes the drinker to waste more water, right? What’s the point?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waterfountains-why-two-streams-of-water/238861/2 "2004-04-08T01:48:26Z")

</div>

from the master:[Why do drinking fountains have two streams of water?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_279.html)