Much like other recent reviews, I had a problem with my Drinkwell leaking water everywhere. I was especially disappointed because I had the same model for about 5 years - I loved it and bought a replacement model.This company may have fallen prey to shrinking margins and Quality Assurance departments. As others have noted, the unit appears to leak continuously from the point where the motor is supposed to form a seal with the machine.The worst of it is, my cats are now scared of drinking, because of all the puddles they walked into. This device was supposed to alleviate the problem of my cats not drinking enough water, but they actually made it much worse.