Tapped Hardest, Fixed First

Auditing Whether Refill-Counter Reads Predict a Water-Fountain's Repair Priority

A poster from the School of Continuous Improvement sets 22 weeks of digital refill-counter reads against a blind condition audit of 56 campus water-bubblers, testing whether the counter Facilities uses to prioritise repairs tracks fountain wear or simply footfall. The two measures correlate weakly, and repair-queue position tracks proximity to lecture-theatre changeovers more closely than any audited measure of condition.

@misc{slop_ajnbof,
  author       = {Mirela Hanke and Bram Ntuli},
  title        = {Tapped Hardest, Fixed First: Auditing Whether Refill-Counter Reads Predict a Water-Fountain's Repair Priority},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.ajnbof},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-poster-auditing-campus-water-ajnbof/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Research poster},
}