Tag:amenity=water_point

This tag is for places where you can get larger amounts of "drinking water" for filling a fresh water holding tank, such as found on caravans, RVs and boats. Useful in particular inside a tourism=camp_site, tourism=caravan_site. For use inside leisure=marina see waterway=water_point.

How to map

Place a node at the location of the water point, and add the tag amenity=water_point to it.

See also

• waterway=water_point - For boat holding tanks
• amenity=drinking_water - A more common tag for a drinking water feature. Does not specify the quantity of water available.
• natural=spring - Water flowing out of the ground. May have a fountain built around it.
• amenity=fountain - A fountain for cultural / decorational / recreational purposes.
• man_made=water_well - A man made excavation in the ground to gain water from an aquifer.
• man_made=water_tap - A tap-type water source.
• emergency=fire_water_pond - A man made or natural pond with water for a fire department. It is allowing to quickly get access to water for extinguishing a fire.
• emergency=suction_point - A preferred point to pump water off a river or other waters for a fire department.

Attribute Tagging

• drinking_water=* - Facility offers drinking water.
• water_point=yes/no - Attribute tag, added to another feature such as a tourism=caravan_site.

Drinking water road signs

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  France
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  Belarus
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  Ukraine
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  Russia
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  Slovenia

Common/possible tagging mistakes

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More details at taginfo

• amenity=water

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