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New water fountains help tackle COVID-19 in District 87. David Proeber
BLOOMINGTON â Itâs not difficult to see the changes in hygiene brought about by the coronavirus pandemic.Â
People wear masks, some stores wipe down check-out stations after each use, and some schools upped the number of touchless water fountains in buildings.Â
A new Elkay water fountain at the District 87 Education Service Center is shown on Wednesday. DAVID PROEBER, THE PANTAGRAPH
Itâs not that bottle-filling stations didnât exist before the coronavirus â they did.Â
But as traditional, touch-based water fountains were taped off to reduce the virusâ spread in schools, some school officials decided that any means of reducing the number of surfaces a student contacted was a hygienic measure worth taking.Â