[Talk-GB] Sewage Outfalls

[Robert Skedgell]

On 27/10/2021 09:12, SK53 wrote:
> As sewage outfalls are in the news at present it might be a good
> opportunity to map some of them, particularly those close to popular
> bathing beaches.
> 
> Tagging is still a little unsettled, but the following seems reasonable:
> 
> * The outfall pipe mapped as man_made=pipeline, substance=sewage (some
> existing pipes are mapped as man_made=outfall). There doesn't seem to be
> a consensus tag for "grey water", both waterwaste and wastewater having
> roughly equal usage. Overpass query showing current objects tagged with
> substance=sewage:https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1cqG
> <https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1cqG>
> * The end of the pipe mapped either as man_made=outfall
> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Doutfall> or with the
> new outlet key
> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Outlets_proposal>
> which is currently under discussion.
> 
> I'm open to other suggestions, and any other ideas for locating the
> outfalls.
> 
> Jerry
> 

Voting has just opened on the outlets proposal
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Outlets_proposal#Voting