My cat is scared of the Drinkwell fountain... can I coax her into using it?

Several months ago, I posted about my cat’s urinary issues… long story short, she needed to drink more water. She didn’t like standing water in a bowl, so I had the shower dripping into a bowl. I don’t like that… so I bought this stupid Drinkwell fountain. Well, the skittish cat, once I dipped her paw in the water, finally drank right from the stream of water. Win. The cat I needed the damn thing for appears to be scared of it, even though it’s really not that loud at all. Sounds like your average, everyday fish tank motor.

I tried sticking her paw in the bowl and in the stream and she fought and leapt and howled. I tried to just hold her in front of the bowl, and she didn’t fight, but she bolted the second I took my hands off her sides.

I need her to drink from this thing. Need, okay? NEED. Any ideas on how I can get her to be less scared? I put a bowl of water down (standing water, no dripping from anywhere) and she drank as soon as I did… but I don’t think that will last long, as she was dehydrated before because she doesn’t like standing water.