[Tagging] Is this a drinking fountain?

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

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> On 10 Oct 2022, at 01:31, stevea <steveaOSM at softworkers.com> wrote:
> 
>  I suppose somebody figured "well, the drainage is good" (or even improved, as here with a grate to a wastewater system, apparently)



yes, these are always connected via a grate with the sewers


> and "well, it doesn't make (hydrological) sense for us to 'plug' this with a 'tap' (spigot, faucet, valve...), so we'll simply allow it to remain free-flowing."  OK.


I’ve learnt initially at least some of them were required in some areas to have sufficient water in the sewers in all conditions, but most of them are probably just a small contribution to the amount of wasted water through old and leaking supply systems (I once read London was loosing a quarter of the fresh water through leakage, it’s a common phenomenon in many big cities)

Cheers Martin