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So us humans often make the mistake of feeding our cats water right next to their food bowls. Cats don't like that; because carnivore, they don't trust water sources near where they eat as rotting animal carcasses can poison water.
They also prefer moving water to a stagnant puddle, so fountains or running faucets are often preferred to bowls.
My cat Izzy wants to drink from the bathtub faucet, I turn it on for her a couple times a day.