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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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=*.
Additional tags
- drinking_water=yes/no - Indication whether a feature provides drinking water
- name=* - Name
- ref=* - Number
- pump=* - How the water is drawn...
- pump:type=beam_pump
- pump:style=modern/historic
- pump:status=ok/broken/out_of_order/locked/missing_beam
Rendering
| Default map style | Osmarender | OpenCycleMap | OSMC Reitkarte |
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| Ticket #1224 | ? | ? | 
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Examples
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man_made=water_well name=Studnia zamkowa |
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man_made=water_well operator=Besigheimer Wasserversorgungsgruppe |
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man_made=water_well historic=yes |
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man_made=water_well historic=yes |
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man_made=water_well historic=yes |
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man_made=water_well historic=yes |
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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=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
- 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
