[BobaFloutist]

Maybe the water waste in fountains feels worse in drought-prone regions? Even if the amount is comparably tiny, watching a precious resource just vanish down the drain might be hard to stomach?

I'm basing this on nothing, by the way, but it feels like a fun hypothesis.

[bombcar]

I've seen drinking fountains in the desert; it may be more that they just don't have a ready supply of them in Morocco, but sinks abound.

Often the fountain will just drain into the dirt nearby, which means it is often the only green area when it's a desert fountain.