<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">I have mapped such areas intended for water storage as "landuse=reservoir". I don't think reservoirs need to be over a natural watercourse. Any water storage area is a reservoir.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"> <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">On Wed, 1 May 2019, at 12:32 PM, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:Arial;">Question that just came to mind after discussions on tagging list.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Just entered some details for a property in Western Qld, & started to include a turkey nest dam <a href="https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/water-management/excavated-tanks-farm-dams">https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/water-management/excavated-tanks-farm-dams</a>, but then thought, what's it actually called?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Is it a waterway=dam? - not on waterway so wouldn't have thought so<br></div><div><br></div><div>natural=water + water=reservoir / landuse=reservoir? "<span style="font-family:sans-serif" class="font"><span style="font-size:14px" class="size">A </span></span><b style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">reservoir</b><span style="font-family:sans-serif" class="font"><span style="font-size:14px" class="size"> is an artificial lake is used to store water. Usually formed by a dam over a natural water course, water then backs up into a natural valley or depression" </span></span>so no, not really?<br></div><div><br></div><div>landuse=basin + basin=retention? "<span style="font-family:sans-serif" class="font"><span style="font-size:14px" class="size">An area of land artificially graded to hold water" "</span></span><span style="font-family:sans-serif" class="font"><span style="font-size:14px" class="size"><a style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(102, 51, 102);background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-attachment:scroll;background-image:none;background-size:auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Retention_basin" class="qt-external qt-gmail-text" rel="nofollow">retention basin</a></span></span><span style="font-family:sans-serif" class="font"><span style="font-size:14px" class="size"> catches storm water and retains it, forming an artificial pond" </span></span>so I guess that's the best solution, but it doesn't really describe what you're looking at, because anybody looking for a turkey nest dam isn't going to be looking for a retention basin & vice versa!<br></div><div><br></div><div>Oz guidelines don't mention them, just windmills & bores. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks<br></div><div><div class="qt-gmail_signature" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Graeme<br></div></div></div></div></div></div><div>_______________________________________________<br></div><div>Talk-au mailing list<br></div><div>Talk-au@openstreetmap.org<br></div><div>https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au<br></div><div><br></div></blockquote><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div></body></html>