Great news on the Fountain at Epcot!

[JAY-ROD]

http://orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-bizepcot01090101sep01.story?coll=orl-business-headlines

 

[DisJosh]

Good......as long as its open when I go down!

 

[mickeyears]

Thanks for the info - Hopefully it will be up and running by our October trip!!

 

[wdwmagic]

I heard a date of around Septemeber 12 floating around.

 

[JAY-ROD]

Originally posted by wdwmagic
I heard a date of around Septemeber 12 floating around.

let me guess! One of your secret sources told you?

 

[jay_london]

It seems strange to me that these large water fountains do not recirculate the pumped water. If this is mains water it would use ar too much water. I think somwone has it wrong somewhere

 

[MickeyMoose15]

I would guess that they would get it up and running a little bit before the 100 Years Magic Celebration starts on October 1st.

 

[MrPromey]

Originally posted by jay_london
It seems strange to me that these large water fountains do not recirculate the pumped water. If this is mains water it would use ar too much water. I think somwone has it wrong somewhere

I’m sure they do recirculate it but a lot of water would be lost to evaporation and to being shot outside of the fountain area. On days of even the most calm of winds, you can always feel a mist from one side or another when they are doing the shows… The way that article puts it, they do make it sound like they just flush it once it's been used once, though, don't they?

 

[disneydentist]

Originally posted by jay_london
It seems strange to me that these large water fountains do not recirculate the pumped water. If this is mains water it would use ar too much water. I think somwone has it wrong somewhere

What they are probably trying to say is that the water from most of the fountains is eventually drained into the storm sewer system rather than the waste water system. This means that any overflow and drainage is essentially wasted since the storm sewer water isn't recycled.

 

[MickeyAve]

Epcot fountain

That is wonderful, the fountain was such an eye sore!!!!!

~Mickey

 

[Al]

i doubt that they recycle the water, without EVER changing it, or it would get really dirty, and that wouldnt be nice for it to be blowing in the face of guests!

 

[MrPromey]

Well, if it's filtered properly, that shouldn't be an issue. It's not like they would really be replacing it with "new" water or anything. Heck, the water you drink has probably passed through the body of many animals over the course of time… Now there's a fun thought, eh?

 

[Al]

yes, thats a thought, because all water (well most of it) gets recycled, hey... anybody who has a drink today...you could be drinking some water that Eisner drank... Spit it out!

 

[disneydentist]

Originally posted by Alberrisford
i doubt that they recycle the water, without EVER changing it, or it would get really dirty, and that wouldnt be nice for it to be blowing in the face of guests!

ALL fountains eventually drain and change the water along with cleaning the sides and bottom. in this regard the fountains at Disney are no different than the ones at your local mall. Filtering simply increases, greatly, the amount of time between water changes.

 

[WDW-Imagineer]

I would assume that any water from the fountain is drained into World Showcase Lagoon... just like the water that is accumulated in the drain system of Spaceship Earth.