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

[Brian M. Sperlongano]

On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 6:00 PM Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Am Mi., 5. Jan. 2022 um 23:43 Uhr schrieb Brian M. Sperlongano <
> zelonewolf at gmail.com>:
>
>> I also think water=wastewater is not great, but I think the reality of
>> 50K water=wastewater versus 10K reservoir + reservoir_type=sewage dictates
>> that water=wastewater is the actual-use winner for how to tag this.  I do
>> intend my proposal to be very specifically NOT applying an "approved" label
>> to water=wastewater, but rather to deprecate reservoir_type=sewage with the
>> suggestion of replacing it with best-available-for-now water=wastewater
>> until someone comes up with something better.
>>
>
> if this goes through, and the only significant contestant is retagged,
> this not-so-great-but-best-available-for-now tag will likely remain forever.
>

Let's not be so pessimistic! :-D  Since it seems that sewage is a sticking
point, perhaps the easier path is to scrub the mention of
reservoir_type=sewage and take it out of the proposal to narrow the focus.
I've got a couple proposals under development targeting these features
[1],[2] that once fully developed can hopefully solve the problem of how to
tag sewage features.

For now I'm thinking a simple note that sewage features are not lakes,
ponds, or reservoirs should be sufficient.

[1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Treatment_basins
[2] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Process_tanks
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