Tag:man_made=drinking_fountain
 man_made = drinking_fountain
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| Provides a small jet of drinking water. |
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drinking_water=yes |
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| Status: proposed |
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Warningǃ This is not (yet?) an established feature, as it is almost not used. Consider it a proposed feature. Most drinking fountains are tagged as amenity=drinking_water probably because there was no proper tag describing the device before.
A 
Drinking fountain or bubbler is a man-made device providing a small jet of water for drinking.
Usually supplied by centralized water distribution and (usually) equipped with a user-accessible valve. Drinking fountains provide potable water.
The construction and operation of the Drinking fountain is significantly different from the ordinary common Fountain.
The first Drinking fountain were created in the middle of the 19th century and were a huge step forward for public health in time when most people did not have access to water in their homes. Nowadays you can usually drink water directly from a drinking fountain, trusting it completely.
How to map
This tag value should be used on nodes 
at the location of the drinking fountain.
If there is a tap co-located then use man_made=water_tap with the tag drinking_fountain=yes, this allows the tap to have either drinking water or technical (non drinking) water.
Supplementary tags
- operator=* The operator of the drinking fountain.
- name=* The name of the drinking fountain if it has.
- disused:man_made=drinking_fountain To indicate that the drinking fountain is disused.
Tags describing the water quality are usually not required as it is usually safe (potable). Only tag cases where there is some indication that the water is unsafe, the OSM default assumes that it is safe.
Alternative tags
- man_made=water_tap A man made water tap to obtain water, easy filling of containers.
- man_made=water_well A man made excavation in the ground to gain water from an aquifer.
- amenity=water_point, waterway=water_point, amenity=drinking_water for location of a source of potable water
Please note that the tag amenity=drinking_water was the first tag describing access to potable water. It fails to describe the method used to access the water. Better to use a more specific tag such as man_made=water_tap, man_made=water_well.
See also
- Drinking fountain - drinking fountain Wikipedia article
- Drinking_fountains_in_the_United_States - list of drinking fountains in the United States
- https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/fountain-drinks/
- https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/14/history-of-water-fountains_n_6357064.html
- http://www.drinkingfountains.org/ - The Drinking Fountain Association
- https://thisdayinwaterhistory.wordpress.com/tag/water-fountain/ - First London Drinking Fountain 1859.
- http://www.hevac-heritage.org/items_of_interest/public_health/drinking_fountains/drinking_fountains.htm - Drinking Water * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKMK0nbYJV0 - A Guide to drinking Fountains in Rome (Nasoni)
Example Photos
Modern drinking fountain, Trenton, USA
Drinking fountains installed in the basement
One of the 40 "Benson Bubblers" in downtown Portland, Oregon
Drinking water in Basel, Switzerland
Multi-spout drinking fountain, Glebe, New South Wales
Example of a public drinking fountain made of stone.
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Signs
Singapore
