Tag:man_made=pumping_station

The tag man_made=pumping_station is used to map a pumping station: a facility including pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another. Examples include a sewage pumping station, a pumping station for irrigation or drainage, for drinking and industrial water supply, for storing water for energy (pumped storage power plant), the operation of fountains in the castle park, etc.

This tag is only intended for facility with pumping as main purpose. Bigger facilities main involve pumping to feed larger processing systems and you need to look at man_made=water_works, man_made=wastewater_plant, refineries, ...

Individual man_made=pumps devices may be found inside pumping stations.

Sewage pumping station may be known as sanitary lift station.

How to map

Put a node at the centre of the pumping station or draw a outline around the area .

Add man_made=pumping_station and name=* (if there is a commonly used name for this particular station). Typically this is applied to either:

• the site boundary tagged as landuse=industrial
• the building tagged as building=service

Tags used in combination

Use the following tagging to describe a pumping station:

Key	Value	Comment	Recommendation
man_made	pumping_station	It's a pumping station	Mandatory
pumping_station=*	<activity>	The activity in which the station is involved	Important
substance=*	<substance>	The actual substance processed inside the station	Optional
name=*	<text>	The station's name	Optional
ref=*	<text>	The station's reference	Optional
operator=*	<text>	The name of company who operates the station	Optional

For a more detailed description, pumping_station=* can also be used:

• pumping_station=water - Water
• pumping_station=wastewater - Effluent in a broader sense, also rainwater
• pumping_station=sewage - Urban waste
• pumping_station=gas - Natural gas

An common alternative is to use the key substance=*

• substance=water - Drinking water
• substance=sewage - Urban waste
• substance=wastewater - Effluent generally, even rainwater
• substance=oil - Petroleum oil
• substance=gas - Natural gas

Pipeline substations

If the pumping station is part of a pipeline, pipeline=substation can be used as well.

Disused stations

• Add the tag disused=yes if the pumping station is out of service but could be easily used again.
• abandoned:man_made=pumping_station when the pumping station has been abandoned and can not be repaired.

Examples

Photo	Location	Tagging	Comments
	UK	building=service utility=water man_made=pumping_station pumping_station=water	A station designed for irrigation in UK country.
	France	building=industrial utility=power man_made=pumping_station pumping_station=water	Whatever appearances are, this building is dedicated to water pumping from the lake behind the dam towards another storage upstream. It can't be reversed and can't produce power. The substation on the right is only designed for power consumption and isn't substation=generation but substation=industrial.

See also

• man_made=pump - Pump devices
• man_made=pipeline - Pipeline, aqueduct
• man_made=water_tower - Water tower
• man_made=water_well - Water well
• man_made=petroleum_well - Petroleum well
• man_made=water_works - Waterworks
• man_made=wastewater_plant - Sewage plant
• man_made=watermill - Water mill (historical)
• landuse=reservoir_watershed