MAP. Where to fill your water bottle in Toulouse? Fountains accessible free of charge in the Pink City
By Lucie Fraisse
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Drinking regularly without waiting to be thirsty is one of the tips to apply to better cope with episodes of heat waves and high temperatures like those we are experiencing in this summer of 2022, Toulouse.
Fountains accessible free of charge
In the Pink City, drinking water is accessible in many places in the public space. Dozens of fountains are indeed installed in the city center (they are often installed near decorative fountains) and in outlying districts.
Water points that allow fill your water bottle for free or spraying your face or forearms, another gesture that limits the effects of the heat wave on the human body.
INTERACTIVE MAP. Here is where the different fountains are located on the territory of the Pink City:
“#Gourdefriendly” shops in the Pink City
Another initiative: the Hoali website started the movement #gourdefriendly and identifies in several towns in France, businesses that agree to fill empty drinking water bottles free of charge.
In the Toulouse conurbation, only two businesses are currently listed on the site. He is fidgeting of the two Lush stores : the one located rue Saint-Antoine-du-T and the one located in the Blagnac shopping center.
Mandatory fountain in some establishments
Note, since January 1, 2022, public establishments are obliged to provide water fountains connected to running water. Theaters and sports halls that can accommodate more than 300 people are thus concerned, as are museums, shopping centers that can accommodate between 701 and 1,500 people, as well as all structures that can accommodate more than 1,500 people.
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