Tag:man_made=water_well
 man_made = water_well
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A structural facility to access ground water, created by digging or drilling. 
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| Group: Water management |
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| Wikidata |
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| Status: de facto |
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Contents
Description
A 
water well is a structural facility created to access ground water from an aquifer. It is a vertical or sometimes horizontal excavation, shaft or structure created in the ground by digging, driving, boring or drilling. The subsurface water is usually drawn by pumping or raising containers, such as buckets.
Tagging
Place a node 
at the location of the water well or draw an area 
and use man_made=water_well. You can also name it with name=*.
| Tag | Values | Description |
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| name=* | Name | |
| operator=* | Operator of the Well | |
| drinking_water | yes/no | Indication whether a feature provides drinking water |
| ref=* | Number | |
| pump | powered/manual/no | Whether the well has a pump and how this is powered |
| pump:type | beam_pump | |
| pump:style | modern/historic | |
| pump:status | ok/locked/broken/missing_beam | The condition of the pump |
Rendering
| Default map style | Osmarender | OpenCycleMap | OSMC Reitkarte |
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| Ticket #1224 | ? | ? | 
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Examples
| Image | Tags | Mapnik |
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3433501037 |
man_made=water_well historic=yes |
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3063462382 |
man_made=water_well name=Studnia zamkowa |
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3645853312 |
man_made=water_well pump=no |
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3888332160 |
man_made=water_well operator=Besigheimer Wasserversorgungsgruppe |
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228637693 |
man_made=water_well pump=no |
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267472342 |
man_made=water_well pump=no |
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Common/Possible Tagging Mistakes
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!
See also
- pump=* - How the water is drawn...
- man_made=spring_box - A structure built for catching groundwater from a natural spring for water supply
- man_made=water_works - Water treatment for Drinking water
- man_made=water_tower - storage container for drinking water
- man_made=wastewater_plant - Sewage treatment for Wastewater
- man_made=petroleum_well - oil well
- man_made=pumping_station
- man_made=windpump - pump that is operated with wind force
- amenity=fountain - A fountain for cultural / decorational / recreational purposes.
- amenity=watering_place - Water for animals
- amenity=drinking_water - Drinking water for humans
- natural=spring - Water flows to the surface of the earth from underground
- Proposed_features/water_network
- Water wells in Berlin
