[Tagging] RFC #2: Lake, pond, and reservoir proposal

Graeme Fitzpatrick graemefitz1 at gmail.com
Sun Jan 2 00:50:38 UTC 2022


On Sun, 2 Jan 2022 at 08:56, Mike Thompson <miketho16 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Regarding "A *reservoir* is an artificially-created or enlarged body of
> water created using a dam to store water for human use" - I don't think the
> *water* in a reservoir is necessarily always for "human use" ...  e.g.
> water for livestock, which in turn provide food to humans).
>

 In regard to Mike's comment, in Australia, we have a lot of so-called
Turkey Nest dams (
https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/water-management/excavated-tanks-farm-dams?page=0%2C0#smartpaging_toc_p0_s8_h3)
which are intended for stock use only.

Maybe change it to "store water for a variety of uses"?

Thanks

Graeme
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