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FOR ONE MINUTE BEFORE USING IT,
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
CAROL: SPARTANBURG WATER IS ON A
MISSION TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR
YOU TO CHOOSE TAP OVER THE
BOTTLED BRANDS.
MICHAEL: AND IT'S ACCOMPLISHING
A LOT MORE THAN JUST QUENCHING
THIRST.
WYFF NEWS 4'S MIKE MCCORMICK HAS
THE STORY, ALL NEW AT 6:00
MIKE: GETTING USE TO THE
FOUNTAIN TOOK A -- A NEW
APPROACH.
>> BEFORE, WE KIND OF HAD THIS
GROSS, LUKEWARM WATER.
GRADE AT SPARTANBURG HIGH, WHERE
THESE WATER BOTTLE FILLING
STATIONS REPLACED THE GOOD OLD
WATER FOUNTAINS.
SPARTANBURG WATER PUT THEM
THERE, THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP
WITH SCHOOL DISTRICT SEVEN.
>> WHEN YOU HAVE COLD WATER
THAT'S PLEASANT TO DRINK, IT
MAKES YOU WANT TO DRINK THE
WATER.
MIKE: COLEMAN IS AMONG MORE THAN
200 PEOPLE IN SPARTANBURG WHO'VE
SIGNED A PLEDGE TO "CHOOSE TAP."
>> IF WE HAD THIS COLD WATER IN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I THINK SOME
OF MY PEERS WOULD HAVE A BETTER
RELATIONSHIP WITH WATER.
MIKE: LAST WEEK, SPARTANBURG
WATER INSTALLED THIS STATION ON
MORGAN SQUARE. AND THIS WEEKEND,
AT AN EARTH DAY CELEBRATION,
SPARTANBURG WATER ROLLED OUT A
WATER OASIS, OFFERING CHILLED
AND TAP TEMPERATURE WATER.
>> THIS IS A WAY TO GET PEOPLE
TO TALK ABOUT WATER, TO GET
PEOPLE TO ASK QUESTIONS.
MIKE: IT'LL ALSO BE AT SPRING
FLING AND OTHER FESTIVALS.
>> THIS IS US, SPARTANBURG
WATER, EXPRESSING CONFIDENCE IN
OUR WATER SYSTEM.
MIKE: THAT CONFIDENCE IS
STRONGER THAN EVER, FOLLOWING
THE COMPANY'S SUCCESSFUL FIGHT
TO GET RID OF AN ORGANISM THAT
GAVE THE WATER AN EARTHY FLAVOR.
>> IT'S GREAT. IT'S DELICIOUS. I
LOVE IT.
MIKE: THESE STATIONS ARE PART OF
THE WATER COMPANY'S COMMITMENT
TO SPARTANBURG'S JOURNEY ON THE
WAY TO WELLVILLE.
IT'S ONE OF FIVE CITIES CHOSEN
TO TAKE A NATIONAL CHALLENGE TO
IMPROVE HEALTH
THIS DOWNTOWN STATION ALSO
ENHANCES THE CITY'S COMMITMENT
TO MAKING THE DOWNTOWN AREA A
PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY DESTINATION
>> THE WATER IS AMAZING.
IT IS COLD AND REFRESHING.
THE WATER FOUNTAINS HERE.
MIKE: SPARTANBURG WATER HOPES TO
PARTNER WITH MORE SCHOOLS, AND
MIKE MCCORMICK, WYFF NEWS 4,