Tag:hazard=contamination

hazard = contamination
Description
An area contaminated by chemical agents. 
Group: Hazards
Used on these elements
Useful combination
Status: approved
More details at taginfo
Tools for this tag

A contaminated area is an area contaminated by chemical agents. Examples include chemical dumps, tailings ponds, and former heavy-industry areas that may still be toxic.

Additional usages:

  • When combined with amenity=drinking_water, indicates a contaminated drinking water source that is still used as a drinking water source despite contamination. If the drinking water source is no longer used because of the contamination, it is not drinkable and thus amenity=drinking_water would be incorrect.
  • When used with natural=water or waterway=*, indicates a contaminated water feature.

How to map

Tag an area with boundary=hazard + hazard=contamination.

Other useful tags for a contaminated area:

Tag Usage
name=* The name of the contamination area
related_law=* The name of the law regulating this contaminated area
contamination=* The substance that this area is contaminated with

Example

Example tagging for the  Rose Hill Landfill Superfund Site:

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