[Tagging] Sewage, tailings, and evaporators

[Mateusz Konieczny]

Jan 9, 2021, 05:09 by zelonewolf at gmail.com:

> 1. Deprecate the reservoir_type key, and water storage reservoirs would simply be tagged as a reservoir.
> 2. (reservoir tagging) + reservoir_type=sewage becomes landuse=basin + basin=sewage
> 3. (reservoir tagging) + reservoir_type=tailings becomes landuse=basin + basin=tailings
> 4. (reservoir tagging) + reservoir_type=evaporator becomes landuse=salt_pond
>
> There is some existing usage under each of the proposed replacement tags.
>
> Would you support a proposal for this change, and are the proposed replacement tags the right replacement?
>
>
> [1] > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Reservoir
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(1) What about evaporator of kind other than salt pond?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaporation_pond mentions

"Salt evaporation ponds produce salt from seawater. They are also used to 
dispose of brine from desalination plants. 

Mines use ponds to separate ore from water. Evaporation ponds at contaminated 
sites remove the water from hazardous waste, which greatly reduces its weight 
and volume and allows the waste to be more easily transported, treated and 
stored. (...)"

(2) not sure is landuse=basin is the best tag,
note https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:landuse%3Dbasin
"An area of land artificially graded to hold water."

I would consider a brand new tag for that, but have no good idea right now.
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