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I always assumed this was owned by the Boat Club. Is it really DCR?

The fountain has gone from mildly dysfunctional last year (way too much water comes out for a small movement of the lever) to totally disconnected and not usable at all this year.

In the meantime, the fountain has acquired a plea to lobby the DCR. Doesn't seem to have been working, I wish I knew it was really DCR's problem...

Also, the drain pipe has a serious hole in it. Although I guess that's not really fatal, all it does is drain water, and so dripping on the ground isn't a big deal (esp. when it just sprays on the ground anyhow because of the lever issue). Nothing some plumber's putty wouldn't fix, it's not a high pressure drain anyhow.

John maybe you can tweet this at DCR? I’d really love for it to get fixed

Issue 6096215 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue.