I would be careful of letting your cat drink from a running faucet. My Kiki has a nasty ear infection her Vet thinks came from her doing so. I bought a ceramic fountain, a Pioneer Pet Peaceful Water's Fountain, from Petco (online) and had much the same issues. I followed some of the suggestions...
I've had Kiki using the Tidy Cats Breeze system for about six months now. She gets a little finicky when the pad goes for more than 5 days, it helps if you turn the tray around every day. Cleaning is easy, just scoop out the feces, I use plastic grocery bags dispose of them, and replace the pad...
I'm looking for a new dry food. I've been feeding Kiki Purina Cat Chow Complete, I'm not too happy with all the grain and by-products, but I've found out she's allergic to fish and pork (Nutro Max is out as it contains pork blood), but finding a dry cat food that does not contain fish of some...