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| So the 'love it or hate it' fountain has been with us for ten years now. I have to say I like it, although that is tempered by the fact that it was paid for by the Sainsbury's Art Foundation not the ratepayers. According the County Times it was using 180 gallons of water a day despite the fact that is recycled. This is due to the evaporation, splashing and filtering. It would need a huge reservoir to contain sufficient rainwater to make it self sufficient. I am not sure if it will ever run again. Perhaps the design needs to be revisited to give us back a moving sculpture without water. Any suggestions?
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It’s hard to believe the Shelley Fountain has been with us for 10 years already. I am fan of it and think it would be a great shame if it continues to remain out of service. 180 gallons a day is a huge loss though. As you say it would be practicably impossible to redesign it to make it self sufficient. Perhaps what is needed is some sort of ‘Water Quota’ similar to the way Carbon Quotas work. This would mean that the Council would be permitted to run the fountain again provided something more than 180 gallons a day was saved elsewhere (somewhere where it is more practicable to save water). It would also be good to see the fountain in the Forum running again and the same principle could be applied to that. These fountains are some of the many features that give Horsham its character. If we want to continue to attract visitors to Horsham Town Centre I think that they should be started again as soon as possible (provided that the equivalent water savings are made elsewhere of course).
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Is it staying on permanently again or just for the anniversary. It sometimes got switched off to prevent icing in the winter
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