Tag:man_made=water_well

man_made = water_well
Description
A structural facility to access ground water, created by digging or drilling.
Group: Water management
Used on these elements
Useful combination
name=* drinking_water=* pump=* pump_mechanism=*
Status: de facto
Tools for this tag
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Wikidata
Q43483

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=*.

Key	Value	Description
name	A name	Name
operator	Operator name	Operator of the Well
drinking_water	yes/no	Indication whether a feature provides drinking water
ref	A reference	Number
pump	powered/manual/no	Whether the well has a pump and how this is powered
pump_mechanism	-	Available pump mechanism on the well
pump:style	modern/historic
pump:status	ok/locked/broken/missing_beam	The condition of the pump
mechanical_driver	electric_motor,combustion_engine...	Available driver to operate the pump
handle	lever,wheel...	Available handle to operate a manual pumping mean on the well

Rendering

Default map style	OSMC Reitkarte	Humanitarian_map_style	Osmarender	OpenCycleMap
Ticket #1224		(man_made=water_well + pump=manual) (man_made=water_well + pump=powered)	?	?

Examples

Image	Tags	OSM Carto
3433501037 3433501037	man_made=water_well historic=yes pump=manual pump_mechanism=piston mechanical_driver=manual handle=lever pump:style=historic heritage=8 heritage:operator=UntereDenkmalbehörde description=Guseiserne Pumpe, 2. Hälfte 19. Jh.	Loading map... {"tileLayer":"//{s}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png","attribution":"\u0026copy; \u003Ca href=\"http://osm.org/copyright\"\u003EOpenStreetMap\u003C/a\u003E contributors","center":{"lat":50.8657493,"lon":7.7283828},"zoom":"17"}
	man_made=water_well pump=manual pump_mechanism=piston mechanical_driver=manual handle=lever drinking_water=yes pump:status=ok pump:style=modern
3063462382 3063462382	man_made=water_well name=Studnia zamkowa pump=no heritage=2 heritage:operator=nid wikipedia=pl:Zamek krzyżacki w Grudziądzu	Loading map... {"tileLayer":"//{s}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png","attribution":"\u0026copy; \u003Ca href=\"http://osm.org/copyright\"\u003EOpenStreetMap\u003C/a\u003E contributors","center":{"lat":53.4954234,"lon":18.7495545},"zoom":"17"}
3645853312 3645853312	man_made=water_well pump=no historic=yes heritage=4 heritage:operator=BLfD start_date=1544	Loading map... {"tileLayer":"//{s}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png","attribution":"\u0026copy; \u003Ca href=\"http://osm.org/copyright\"\u003EOpenStreetMap\u003C/a\u003E contributors","center":{"lat":49.6239374,"lon":10.5368539},"zoom":"17"}
3888332160 3888332160	man_made=water_well operator=Besigheimer Wasserversorgungsgruppe	Loading map... {"tileLayer":"//{s}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png","attribution":"\u0026copy; \u003Ca href=\"http://osm.org/copyright\"\u003EOpenStreetMap\u003C/a\u003E contributors","center":{"lat":48.9418222,"lon":9.0593054},"zoom":"17"}
228637693 228637693	man_made=water_well pump=no historic=yes heritage=4 heritage:operator=bda building=roof	Loading map... {"tileLayer":"//{s}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png","attribution":"\u0026copy; \u003Ca href=\"http://osm.org/copyright\"\u003EOpenStreetMap\u003C/a\u003E contributors","center":{"lat":46.830518,"lon":15.97395},"zoom":"17"}
267472342 267472342	man_made=water_well pump=no historic=yes heritage=yes building=yes description=Kleines Brunnenhaus an St. Johannes Straße 66.	Loading map... {"tileLayer":"//{s}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png","attribution":"\u0026copy; \u003Ca href=\"http://osm.org/copyright\"\u003EOpenStreetMap\u003C/a\u003E contributors","center":{"lat":51.1014078,"lon":6.1981389},"zoom":"17"}

Common/Possible Tagging Mistakes

• man_made=well

If you know places with this tag, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!

• man_made=village_pump

If you know places with this tag, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!

See also

• pump=* – Specifies how the water is drawn from the well
• pump_mechanism=* – Precise pumping mechanisms classification
• mechanical_driver=* – Precise motion source classification for pumps
• 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
• place_of_worship=holy_well – A well or spring considered sacred in some religions
• Proposed_features/water_network
• Water wells in Berlin

Related terms: ‹ water well ›