Lithia Fountain

{{Short description|Drinking fountain in Ashland, Oregon, U.S.}}

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| year = {{start date|1927}}

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| city = Ashland, Oregon, U.S.

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The Lithia Fountain is a fountain in Ashland, Oregon, United States, installed in 1927.{{Cite web|url=http://mailtribune.com/archive/ashland-s-famous-fountain-on-winding-road-to-recovery|title=Ashland's famous fountain on winding road to recovery|last=Aldous|first=Vickie|date=2007-12-22|website=Mail Tribune|access-date=2019-06-09}}{{Cite web|url=http://mailtribune.com/news/top-stories/barium-levels-prompt-lithia-fountain-shut-off|title=Barium levels prompt Lithia Fountain shut-off|last=Akins|first=Julie|date=2016-02-04|website=Mail Tribune|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-06-09}}{{Cite web|url=http://mailtribune.com/news/since-you-asked/ashland-s-lithia-water-makes-no-boasts-about-healthfulness|title=Ashland's Lithia Water makes no boasts about healthfulness|last=|first=|date=2014-06-06|website=Mail Tribune|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525071642/http://mailtribune.com/news/since-you-asked/ashland-s-lithia-water-makes-no-boasts-about-healthfulness|archive-date=2019-05-25|access-date=2019-06-09}} Health benefits of water from the fountain, and the city's others, have been debated.{{Cite web|last=Guzik|first=Hannah|date=2008-10-03|title=Lithia water's health benefits debated|url=https://ashlandtidings.com/archive/lithia-water-s-health-benefits-debated|access-date=2020-09-09|website=Ashland Tidings}}

High barium levels forced the city's public works department to turn off the fountains temporarily in 2016.{{cite news |last1=Hale |first1=Jamie |title=Ashland's 'healing' fountains shut down due to tainted water |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/travel/2016/02/ashlands_healing_fountains_shu.html |accessdate=July 20, 2020 |work=The Oregonian |date=February 25, 2016}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2016-03-01|title=Ashland's iconic Lithia water fountains turned back on|url=https://ashlandtidings.com/archive/ashland-s-iconic-lithia-water-fountains-turned-back-on|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721005704/https://ashlandtidings.com/archive/ashland-s-iconic-lithia-water-fountains-turned-back-on|archive-date=2020-07-21|access-date=2020-09-09|website=Ashland Tidings}}