That's not all that unusual.  Try moving the water bowl away from the
food bowl and placing it more or less under a light bulb so that the
cats can see the reflection of the bulb in the water as they approach
the bowl.

Last year I took in an old cat that had the habit of only drinking out of
faucets.  I went to Petsmart and bought something I think is called a
Drinkwell bowl.  You plug it in and it keeps recirculating water from a
spout.  The cat drinks from this but still tries to get water from the
faucets.  It's pitiful.

My cat didn't do the fussing thing but did like to try to drink from the
faucet.  Cats will try to get to the most "fresh" water available.  The
means it's moving and looks like it's running or flowing.  Mine barely drank
a bowl of water in a week.  That's a guess since I obviously changed it
daily, but every day there wouldn't even be half an inch gone.  So, I got
her a bowl with a reservoir and an air pump from petsmart.  I forget the
brand I got, but it was only $20 and it's blue with a large reservoir and a
paw print on the bowl.  My cat LOVES it.  The box suggests that you let them
get used to it without the bubbles first.  But, I turned it on the first
time though and she absolutely loves it.  Now, she will go through the whole
reservoire in one week.  The bubbles don't make a lot of noise, but they do
make a little bit of sound.  I think that she finds it comforting too
because she has a kitty condo right across from it and she didn't use to use
it very often before but now she sleeps on/in it a lot.  I think it's
because of the soothing sound.  I'd definitely recommend it because they
need lots of water to stay healthy and they love the moving water.
Beth