FOUNTAINS along Sturt Street will return to their former glory with water set to flow again.Four fountains — The Galloway Eight Hour Day Monument, The Burke and Wills Fountain, The King George Memorial and The Peterson Fountain — were turned off several years ago due to increasing water restrictions.At a Ballarat City Council meeting on Wednesday night, development and infrastructure director Eric Braslis said works would need to be done to the water features to ensure they comply with current restrictions.Councillor Samantha McIntosh said the restorations would form part of council's commitment to preserving heritage."We are committed to enlivening our streetscape and encouraging people to use the gardens in the middle of town," she said."We hear slogans like, 'Heritage Lives' and 'Come to Life' describing Ballarat and this is a prime example."The Burke and Wills fountain has continued to operate in recent years using reticulated water, but the Peterson Fountain needs restoration work, as the pump requires a service and it loses a substantial amount of water due to wind. The Galloway Monument will require a retrofitted system, estimated to cost $30,000, and the King George Memorial will also need work to its interior plumbing.Council unanimously voted to return the Burke and Wills and Peterson fountains to operation and continue to seek alternative funding so the other two can be reinstated in the future.Other water features including the Queen Victoria drinking fountain — a cast-iron drinking fountain on the corner of Drummond and Sturt streets — and the Peterson drinking fountain will also be investigated and possiblly reinstated in the future.