On the streets of Anchorage, fresh drinking water can be hard to come by
Oct. 27—This story has been made free to access as a public service. This story was reported, and made available without a subscription, with support from the Alaska Community Foundation. If you'd like to help us continue expanding local news coverage and access to essential information, you can subscribe or make a tax-deductible donation to ADN. Chris Leonard often camps on a grassy patch of sidewalk along West Benson Boulevard near Tommy's Burger Stop and the Captain Sparrow liquor store. Like other homeless residents of Anchorage, the self-described former halibut fisherman and father of four often struggles to quench his thirst. But Leonard has a workaround to access clean drinking water, an essential commodity often in short supply for unhoused people banned from stores or other private establishments with bathrooms. Leonard said he's fortunate to know some Spenard apartment…