[Tagging] RFC - A broad look at fountains

[Graeme Fitzpatrick]

What do they say about great minds, Steve? :-)

Thanks

Graeme


On Sun, 9 Oct 2022 at 16:43, stevea <steveaOSM at softworkers.com> wrote:

> On Oct 8, 2022, at 11:31 PM, stevea <steveaOSM at softworkers.com> wrote:
> > Yes, taps CAN be drinking water, but not necessarily are.  For example,
> a hose_bib on a residence's "backyard porch" might be designed to attach a
> hose and water plants with a sprinkler or a hand-valve sprayer, but such a
> tap can also be declared "drinking water" (as it comes from the same source
> as drinking water taps indoors, often from municipal "treated water" — to
> make it drinkable — sources).
>
> I forgot to add to this:  On the other hand, a "tap" which looks exactly
> the same (identical turn-knob to control flow from "off" to "some" to
> "full") might NOT be "drinking water," because it is located at the local
> golf course, and has a sign next to it saying "Non-potable; using reclaimed
> water:  only for irrigation.  Not safe to drink."
>
> Tags must capture these differences, and more.
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