Tag:man_made=water_tap
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Publicly usable water tap ![]() |
Group: man made |
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A water tap is a man-made construction providing water, supplied by water distribution system (unlike in case of man_made=water_well
, where groundwater may be used directly). The tag man_made=water_tap
is used for publicly usable water taps, such as those in cities and graveyards.
There are two approaches for tagging that the water from such a public tap is potable (safe for human consumption): one approach is to combine the tag man_made=water_tap
with amenity=drinking_water
, the other is to add drinking_water=yes
. Some mappers consider both variants to be interchangeable in the case of taps, others make a distinction where the tag amenity=drinking_water
is to be used when the tap's main function is to provide drinking water (e.g. for hikers or cyclists) and the tag drinking_water=yes
is preferred when the tap happens to provide drinking water but that is not its main function (e.g. for watering plants)[1]. For non-potable water, the tag drinking_water=no
is used.
The tag should not be used to tag fire hydrants, for which a special emergency=fire_hydrant
tag is available.
Water taps can be activated by turning a handle or pressing a button or by some other method[2] and one of their defining requirements is that users interact with them to start the flow of water [3]. A man_made=drinking_fountain
providing a tiny upward jet of water does not need to be tagged as a water tap nor does a amenity=shower
.
Related tags
man_made=water_well
A man made excavation in the ground to gain water from an aquifer.man_made=drinking_fountain
Provides a small jet of drinking water.natural=spring
Water flowing out of the ground. May have a fountain built around it (see Roman Bath in Bath, U.K).
Examples
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public press button water tap, Florence, Italy |
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Not all water taps provide drinking water. It is useful to add |
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This 'bubbler' is also considered by some as water tap as it is activated by its user[4]. This is controversial as the 'tap' component is a valve that also occurs in |
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public press button/Delay Action Watersaving water tap, at the
amenity=sanitary_dump_station
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Classic public water tap, Le Mont-Saint-Michel, France. For working one additional tags fitting it would be
fountain=drinking
andamenity=drinking_water
. Stevea says yes toamenity=drinking_water
but no tofountain=drinking
because of the downward-pointing spout. If there were such a tag aswater_fixture=hose_bib
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Plastic taps, widely used in India for their low cost.
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Old metal taps were often part of decoration as this one in Fužine castle backyard, Slovenia.
Similar features
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Drinking water signs
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ISO 7010 sign E015
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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
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United States
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United States (Ohio)
Not drinking water signs
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ISO 7010 sign P005
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Canada (Québec)
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Germany
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United States (California)
Rendering
Possible rendering:
See also
- Proposal page
- Standpipe (street) on Wikipedia
emergency=fire_hydrant
amenity=water_point
-for 'large amounts' of water e.g. to a caravan.waterway=water_point
- for 'large amounts' of water to a boat.amenity=drinking_water
- non specific other than 'drinking'. Could be a tap or something else.handle=*
- specify type of handle used to activate/regulate water flowfountain=bottle_refill
- Indicates whether a water bottle can easily be filled.
References
- ↑ https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/water-taps-with-drinking-water/113778
- ↑ https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2022-September/065571.html
- ↑ https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2022-September/065575.html
- ↑ https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2022-October/thread.html#65870