What types of home water fountains exist?
Before choosing, it helps to understand that there are three main
categories of water fountains for the home, each with its own
strengths and limitations.
The bottled water fountain is the simplest to
install — no plumbing connection, just a bottle placed on top or
inverted into the unit. But it comes with a recurring monthly cost,
storage space for full and empty bottles, and limited autonomy:
no water available if the bottle runs out between deliveries.
The mains-connected fountain with a storage tank
removes the bottles by connecting directly to your water supply,
but stores the filtered water in a tank where it can sit for
several hours, sometimes days, before being used — a point several
water quality specialists flag as a potential environment for
bacterial growth once chlorine is no longer present.
The mains-connected fountain without a storage tank
is the most refined option: filtered water produced on demand, with
no intermediate storage, no bottles, and no risk of running out.
This is the category the Aquila Pro belongs to.