Map: https://www.fontanelle.org/Mappa-Fontanelle-Roma-Lazio.aspx
Rome's population is 2.8M so that's 1120 people per fountain.
Zürich has a population of 409k and 1200 fountains, so only 341 per fountain.
Let's stop trying to monetize everything.
So they monetized the pipe, they say, not because they wanted money, but because they want people to stop giving money to their competitors (plastic/chemical companies).
Please do question their motive, but at least understand what they are saying.
"Ewww look at that dirty TAP water ugh, get some beautiful island fresh water in this bottle!" Of course, it's the same water anyway, but now someone has made money off it.
Capitalism (and since saying that word makes people so mad, let's say "capital seeking behavior" instead) is so hilariously perverse, we've now got advertisement supported tap water, because we advertised tap water v1.0 into obsolescence. And then realized tap water v2.0 (bottled water) actually had unintended consequences (plastic). So THIS time it'll work! Tap Water v3.0!
As a group, we can’t go backwards in the Hegelian dialectic, only forward.