Speaking exclusively to Children Now, researchers from Educational Communications, a private company commissioned by the Department of Health to oversee the pilot project in 40 schools, said their investigations so far had proved to be "quite an eye opener".
When launching the project in December 2003, the Department of Health said that it was well known that drinking water had clear benefits for general health and wellbeing. Research and anecdotal reports from schools indicated that water consumption had benefits for pupil concentration and behaviour.
Liz Watts, research director, and Jon Batterham, senior researcher, said that they had found that a lot of the drinking-water equipment in secondary schools had fallen into disrepair. Traditional bubble jet fountains were often found in toilets, which put pupils off using them.
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