Neighborhood Drinking Fountain is a not-for-profit organization started by founder Jossie Ivanov, a longtime lover of drinking fountains and fresh water.

Trained as an architect and city planner, Jossie has spent her career creating human-centered designs and long-range plans to make places more comfortable, memorable, and climate-resilient. She wrote her master’s thesis at MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning on drinking fountains and their role in public space, and is currently developing a book based on this work. She is recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on drinking fountains.

Click here to read more about the past and future of free public water in her MIT master’s thesis.