Tag:man_made=water_works
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 man_made = water_works
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A facility where water is treated to make it suitable for human consumption. 
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A water works (or water treatment plant) is a facility where water is treated to make it suitable for human consumption before being sent to the water network.
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Add man_made=water_works.
This tag is often combined with landuse=industrial, which is both correct and may help simpler data consumers.
Useful combinations
Desalination plants
One may add water_works=desalination to describe facilities that have to take away mineral components from saline water before sending it to the water network. There is a synonym tag for this, man_made=desalination_plant.
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Similar tags
- man_made=wastewater_plant - A wastewater plant (also known as sewage works, sewage treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant, reclamation plant) is a facility used to treat wastewater. water works = incoming drinking water, wastewater plant = outgoing sewage.
- man_made=water_tower - a tower storing water
- man_made=pumping_station - should be used along with substance=water for facilities were water is pumped but not treated.