Tag:man_made=pumping_station
 man_made = pumping_station
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Pumping station: a facility including pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another 
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Status: de facto
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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.
How to map?
Put a node 
at the center of the pumping station or draw a outline around the area 
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Add man_made=pumping_station and name=* (if there is a commonly used name for this particular station).
If the pumping station is part of a pipeline, pipeline=substation can be used.
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
Additional tags
- name=* - Common name of the pumping station, if there is one
- ref=* - Reference number or code
- operator=* - Operator of the pumping station
- disused:man_made=pumping_station when the pumping station is out of service
See also
- 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)
