Re: Whitewater ions

I have heard that waterfalls create negative ions. It makes sense that whitewater and ocean waves should do the same. Here is one way this happens:

Thunderstorms act to pump negative charge downwards from the sky. This give the entire sky (actually the ionosphere) an imbalance of positive charge, and it gives the entire Earth an imbalance of negative. Bodies of water, if outdoors, will take on a negative surface charge. If the water is broken up into spray, the droplets will be negative. If the droplets evaporate, negative ions and negative salt crystals will remain behind.

I wonder... is there a different "feel" to the region near an outdoor sprinkler? Since negative ions are said to affect mood, then similar effects should be created wherever a very fine spray of water is directed upwards outdoors. (if the drops are too big, they will fall without evaporating. If the sprayers face downwards, there will be no negative induced charge on the water, and if the sprayers are under a roof, the roof will shield the sprayers from the postive charge of the sky.)