Cat water dish HELP!!

We have two cats and an automatic watering jug...they invariably are spilling the water onto my carpet. We have a boot try underneath, hubby has also made a wooden holder for the dish and they somehow are still spilling it. I am worried about the carpet getting constantly wet and while we are gone, maybe a few days, that they will tip it and not have water. We have tried everything....any solutions? No, we cannot put it on a bare floor....we haven't any other than two bathrooms and kitchen and there is no room in either of those places. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
TIA
Elaine

Can you post or link to a picture of the dish you are using?

I'm wondering if somehow the cats are not at fault as much as the dish?

Have you watched them using it? Does it splash because they are sloppy drinkers (we've had a few really messy eaters lol) or are they playing in it (we had one cat that actually played with her water)?

Our 2 cats don't even drink from one(they're spoiled),we have a very slight trickle of water from the faucet in the bath tub!They take turns getting in,cupping the water in their paws to sip it and chasing the water around! They love it! You may want to try it,it sounds like they maybe playing around with the water dish!

What about putting something in the bottom of the bowl to weigh it down a bit .... or see if you can get the metal pet bowls with the weights in the bottom ?

desperate times lead to desperate measures

Can you hot glue the dish to the boot tray?
You'll just have to fill it with a pitcher.