On 20/09/2018 13:53, Warin wrote: >> FWIW, I worked in the highway construction business for 14 years in >> the US. In the industry terminology where I was, a "pipeline" >> carrying wastewater to a treatment plant was termed a sanitary sewer, >> and a pipeline carrying stormwater (rainwater) was called a storm sewer. > > Humm.. I have always take 'sewer' to mean grey water. > The uk Cambridge Dictionary agrees with me. > The uk Oxford Dictionary agrees with you, and give a reference backwards. > > I'll have to do some more digging (err pun). In general I go with the > Oxford Dictionary.
Just to make things slightly more confusing, there are a fair number of (sometimes quite large) land drainage ditches in the east and south-east of England where "Sewer" is part of the name. They don't fit the grey water definition at all. e.g. <http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/C5b> -- Robert (rskedgell) _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
