[Tagging] Water source types

[Tod Fitch]

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.

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.

I don’t bother tagging if potable or not, I figure hikers/campers should be able to decide that for themselves.

> On Jan 9, 2018, at 6:42 PM, Kevin Kenny <kevin.b.kenny+osm at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> While we're on the topic, one thing that's puzzled me how to tag:
> 
> On the hiking trails in my part of the world, the volunteers have
> constructed a number of piped springs.  A typical one looks like
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ke9tv/6936811420 <https://www.flickr.com/photos/ke9tv/6936811420>
> 
> They may be built by making a stone or concrete box around
> a natural spring or seep, with a pipe to channel the water out,
> or they may be, in fact, shallow wells dug in a steep slope delivering
> what is essentially surface water from farther upslope.
> At least one of them is sort of fanciful, with the water pipe
> run into the faucet of a discarded bathtub. You
> can see the box that impounds the water, just uphill from
> the tub. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ke9tv/17852534206 <https://www.flickr.com/photos/ke9tv/17852534206>
> (This is what passes for a sense of humour among
> trail maintainers.)
> 
> They are placed for the convenience of hikers. Nevertheless,
> the state doesn't test the water, and many if not most hikers
> will filter or otherwise treat water from these sources.
> (There are a handful that I don't bother to filter because
> I know that they are fed from artesian sources. But I
> will NOT drink most surface water around here untreated.
> Beaver fever is No Fun.)
> 
> In other words, they're there to provide drinking water, but
> the water as delivered is not guaranteed to be potable.
> Surely it's a bit of a contradiction, but that's what's in the
> field.
> 
> Suggestions?
> 
> 
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