Tag:amenity=drinking_water
 amenity = drinking_water
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| A drinking water source which provides potable water for consumption. Error creating thumbnail: |
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Drinking water is a place where humans can obtain potable water for consumption. Typically, the water is used for drinking. This includes Error creating thumbnail: drinking fountains or bubblers, water taps, water wells, springs and water points. Generally, this feature provides small quantities of water.
Where drinking water is provided in large quantities, use amenity=water_point or waterway=water_point; i.e., for refilling tanks in motorhomes, boats, etc.
How to map
Add amenity=drinking_water to an existing element or create a new one.
Usually these features are open to the general public without access restrictions or fees. Thus, not every water taps in private houses shall be mapped – drinkable water from a water supply network is not a valid reason to map amenity=drinking water in every house connected to it.
Useful combinations
name=*– The main name if applicable; e.g. prominently signposted.operator=*– The operator.bottle=yes– If the feature offers an easy way to fill a portable water container.drinking_water:refill=yes– If an establishment (café, bar, etc.) participates in a water refill network – indicated by a visible sticker or sign – so you can refill a bottle free of charge.cold_water=yes/no,warm_water=yes,hot_water=yes/no– The water temperature.capacity=*– Indicates how many people can use the feature at the same time.indoor=*– Indicates whether the feature is located indoor or outdoor.historic=yes– Indicates the historic significance of the feature.fountain=*– Indicates subtype and partly also style of the structure that provides drinkable water.fountain=bubbler– A fountain which provides a small jet of drinking water (also sometimes mapped asman_made=drinking_fountain).seasonal=yes– If turned off or removed for winter.dog=designated– Indicates that there is a separate bowl and water dispenser for dogs. These are typically located low on an outdoor drinking fountain, accessible to dogs.wikimedia_commons=*- a picture of the specific feature is always helpful, take a photo of every fountain and upload it to wikimedia commons, then link it with this tag. Or use a different hoster and link it withimage=*.
Nonworking features
It is advised to apply lifecycle tagging, i.e. you add a prefix like "disused:" or "abandoned:" to the main key (amenity). This tagging will likely remove them from most maps.
disused:amenity=drinking_waterfor features that are not active or require only minor repair.abandoned:amenity=drinking_waterabandoned features, these would require extensive repair. Often these have been left for some time as 'disused' before falling to 'abandoned'.
Alternative tagging
The tag drinking_water=* is used as an indication whether a physical feature provides potable water. For example a public toilet may provide drinking water, but this is not the primary purpose, thus amenity=toilets + drinking_water=yes is more appropriate than amenity=drinking_water, similarly, there are amenity=fountain, amenity=watering_place, natural=spring and others, which are often used in conjunction with drinking_water=*. In order to map on a fine level of granularity, it is also acceptable to mark the individual water sources as a amenity=drinking_water, e.g. within a bigger building.
Photo examples
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One of the 40 "Benson Bubblers" with four drinking fountains, Portland, Oregon |
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Nasone drinking fountain, Rome, Italy |
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A drinking fountain with protruding access for wheelchairs and a lower bowl for dogs to drink, Redmond, Washington, USA. |
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A water dispenser, sometimes referred to as a water cooler, generally indoors. |
Other examples:
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A historical drinking fountain, Trento, Italy -
One of the fountains in Loriga, Portugal
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Multi-use drinking fountain with bottle filling station and fountain for dogs, Athens, Georgia
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drinking water point at a
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Proposal history
- Proposal:Potable Water – original proposal.
- Proposal:Water network
- Proposal:Drinking water attributes – proposal for extension of tagging
External links
- www.wetap.org – iOS applications (Android coming soon, it says) for collecting drinking water photos/locations/status.
- OSMBright-drinkingwater – Files to make the OSMBright theme for OpenStreetMap show drinking water more prominently.
Common/possible tagging mistakes
See also
man_made=water_tap– A public access point to a centralized water distribution system, containing a valve activated by the user (it may or may not provide drinking water).man_made=water_tap+drinking_water=no– For publicly accessible water taps supplying water that is not drinkable; e.g. on cemeteries for watering plants and washing graves.amenity=water_point– A place to get larger amounts of drinking water for filling a fresh water holding tank, usually for caravans, mobile homes/RVs, or boats.waterway=water_point– A specific tag for a place to get larger amounts of drinking water for boats (for example, this tag is extensively used on the UK canal system).amenity=watering_place– A place where animals drink water.amenity=fountain– A fountain for cultural, decoration and/or recreational purposes, and refined byfountain=*to define subtypes and sometimes also styles.shop=water– For shops that sell water. Note thatamenity=drinking_water, which implies no-fee access to water, is not appropriate for these shops.vending=water- selling water viaamenity=vending_machineman_made=water_well– A man made excavation in the ground to gain water from an aquifer andpump=*can be used to describe how the water is drawn.natural=spring– Indicates water flowing naturally out of the ground.emergency=drinking_water- A facility that provides drinking water in emergency situations; water might need pre-treatment to be safe to drink.- Proposal:Village Pump – For the central, prominent pump of a village – often a landmark.