A top surface of an elevating stand of a pet water station defines a bowl receptacle into which an oblong water bowl may be removably installed. A foot of the stand is downwardly displaced from the top of the stand and has a foot locating surface. A mat of the station has a mat locating feature that extends upwardly from a general upper surface of the mat, and this mat location feature has a mat locating surface that reciprocally conforms to the foot locating surface. An antirotation feature of the mat intersects an arc on which the foot locating surface is disposed and is positioned adjacent an end of the stand foot, preventing rotation of the stand relative to the foot in at least a first predetermined angular direction. The bowl, bowl receptacle, stand foot, mat locating feature and antirotation feature coact to orient the oblong bowl in a predetermined angular orientation relative to the front of the pet water station.