<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Boxed springs like the one you show in your first photo I typically tag as a spring (natural=spring). The photo on the wiki page for natural=spring is much like the one you posted.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I usually add a direction=bearing|north|south|east|west so that my topo map rendering can show what way the spring flows out of the hill.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I don’t bother tagging if potable or not, I figure hikers/campers should be able to decide that for themselves.</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 9, 2018, at 6:42 PM, Kevin Kenny <<a href="mailto:kevin.b.kenny+osm@gmail.com" class="">kevin.b.kenny+osm@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">While we're on the topic, one thing that's puzzled me how to tag:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">On the hiking trails in my part of the world, the volunteers have</div><div class="">constructed a number of piped springs. A typical one looks like</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ke9tv/6936811420" class="">https://www.flickr.com/photos/ke9tv/6936811420</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">They may be built by making a stone or concrete box around</div><div class="">a natural spring or seep, with a pipe to channel the water out,</div><div class="">or they may be, in fact, shallow wells dug in a steep slope delivering</div><div class="">what is essentially surface water from farther upslope.</div><div class="">At least one of them is sort of fanciful, with the water pipe</div><div class="">run into the faucet of a discarded bathtub. You</div><div class="">can see the box that impounds the water, just uphill from</div><div class="">the tub. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ke9tv/17852534206" class="">https://www.flickr.com/photos/ke9tv/17852534206</a></div><div class="">(This is what passes for a sense of humour among</div><div class="">trail maintainers.)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">They are placed for the convenience of hikers. Nevertheless,</div><div class="">the state doesn't test the water, and many if not most hikers</div><div class="">will filter or otherwise treat water from these sources.</div><div class="">(There are a handful that I don't bother to filter because</div><div class="">I know that they are fed from artesian sources. But I</div><div class="">will NOT drink most surface water around here untreated.</div><div class="">Beaver fever is No Fun.)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In other words, they're there to provide drinking water, but</div><div class="">the water as delivered is not guaranteed to be potable.</div><div class="">Surely it's a bit of a contradiction, but that's what's in the</div><div class="">field.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Suggestions?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><br class=""></div></div></div>
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