by Luciano D. and Rowan Y.

As you might know, not all water fountains taste the same; some are better than others, and most are just horrible. And in this article Rowan and Luci embark on a mission to find the best, worst, and the in between.

Rowan and Luci rated these water fountains on three criteria; squirt level, taste, and cleanliness. If you’d like to see our raw data, you can visit Water fountain data. If you don’t agree with our list, we’d love to hear your opinions.

According to the data we collected, the best water fountain was [drumroll please]… Mr. West’s classroom! Coming in 2nd is the office, and 3rd is Ryan’s classroom. They won because they were the cleanest, and they squirt the furthest. (To be honest all of the water fountains kind of tasted the same, except kindergarten, it tasted like dirt.)

(Above, West’s award winning fountain, notice squirt level and cleanliness.)

After the good water, comes the bad water, and there were a few fountains that spouted higher on the nasty and disgusting list, while having a drought on the clean and tasty list. Starting off was the outside cafeteria fountain which no one ever uses, and it showed. There were a ton of spider webs on the fountain and that’s not even the weirdest thing. There were four massive rectangular bite marks in the metal bowl that drains the water, and no one knows where they came from.

 (Above, Spider webs on water fountain outside cafeteria)  

 (Above, bite marks in water fountain outside cafeteria)

Another bad one was the one next to the cafeteria bathroom, which when Rowan and Luciano visited had a single sock in it. That fountain also didn’t work for 2 years, and one student and writer at the Mendocino Prowler, Maxx B. said,”About a year ago when you pushed the button to squirt water, nothing would happen but flies would come out.” 

The last and worst fountain is the school playground fountain which is disgusting because it is used by every single kid in the school, even the little kids, who shove worms and dirt into the spout.

In conclusion the data we collected wasn’t that surprising, and really all the water fountains are just horrible, so bring a water bottle.