[talk-au] Country / farm dams

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I have mapped such areas intended for water storage as "landuse=reservoir". I don't think reservoirs need to be over a natural watercourse. Any water storage area is a reservoir.




On Wed, 1 May 2019, at 12:32 PM, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote:
> Question that just came to mind after discussions on tagging list.
> 
> Just entered some details for a property in Western Qld, & started to include a turkey nest dam https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/water-management/excavated-tanks-farm-dams, but then thought, what's it actually called?
> 
> Is it a waterway=dam? - not on waterway so wouldn't have thought so
> 
> natural=water + water=reservoir / landuse=reservoir? "A *reservoir* is an artificial lake is used to store water. Usually formed by a dam over a natural water course, water then backs up into a natural valley or depression" so no, not really?
> 
> landuse=basin + basin=retention? "An area of land artificially graded to hold water" "retention basin <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Retention_basin> catches storm water and retains it, forming an artificial pond" so I guess that's the best solution, but it doesn't really describe what you're looking at, because anybody looking for a turkey nest dam isn't going to be looking for a retention basin & vice versa!
> 
> Oz guidelines don't mention them, just windmills & bores. 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Graeme
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