[Tagging] Mapping Attenuation Ponds / Sustainable Drainage schemes

[Warin]

On 08-May-17 03:10 AM, Clifford Snow wrote:
>
> On Sun, May 7, 2017 at 10:22 AM, Steve Brook <srbrook at tiscali.co.uk 
> <mailto:srbrook at tiscali.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>     Many new UK housing estates are required to be built with
>     Attenuation Ponds / Sustainable Drainage schemes as part of their
>     development. These are to control rain water runoff during storms
>     and consist of a pond surrounded by an embankment with a
>     controlled release structure to slow down drainage of the water to
>     the river system.
>
>     The relevant features might be
>
>     ·Low or normal water level of pond
>
>     ·High water level or top of embankment
>
>     ·Land use/vegetation between low/high water marks is water
>     tolerant/marsh plants
>
>     ·Structures for water input and output – often brickwork and
>     filter screens round a pipe.
>
>     Has anyone any experience of mapping and tagging such a structure?
>
>     Are there any examples of where this has been done?
>
>
> These are common where I live. (We get lots of rain from October to 
> June) I map them as landuse=basin, basin=* based on how they are 
> designed. See https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:basin for more 
> info.
>
>

I have done 2 as detention ponds ..

http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/282846991


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