Tag:emergency=drinking_water

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A facility that provides drinking water in emergency situations Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: emergencies
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may be used on nodesshould not be used on waysshould not be used on areasshould not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
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Status: in use
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A facility that provides drinking water in emergency situations, when the regular water distribution systems fails, e.g. in crisis situations, power outages.

The tag should be used in combination with a physical structure, such as a man_made=water_well or natural=water + water=reservoir. The well can be further specified, e.g. water_well=pump, pump=manual.

The tag is independent of the legal requirements for drinking water that is normally distributed in non-emergency situations. In a crisis, people would prefer treating the water themselves (boil, filter) to dying of thirst.

Example - Manual pumping network in Berlin, Germany

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