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Water Well (BH230)

DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.

RDF: bh230.ttl

Name

WaterWell

Kind

FeatureType

Definition

A shaft sunk into the ground to reach and tap a supply of water intended for uses other than power generation, heating or the extraction of minerals, such as drinking water or irrigation.

Description

May be, for example, drilled to tap deep underground reservoirs or dug to reach a shallow water table. Dug wells are typically circular, lined with masonry, have a stone border and a structure built above then for lowering and raising a bucket.

Accepted

2025-04-22

Geometry

point, curve, surface

Subtype of

AA050 Well

Attributes

• AQN Aquifer Name — multiplicity 0..1; datatype CharacterStringMeta
• CDI Casing Diameter — multiplicity 0..1; datatype MeasureIntervalMeta
• COS Facility Operational Status — multiplicity 0..1; datatype WaterWell_facilityOperationalStatusMeta; values: COS_13 Operational, COS_14 Partially Operational, COS_4 Non-operational, COS_6 Planned, COS_8 Not in Operation, COS_9 Temporarily Non-operational
• SWW Static Water Level — multiplicity 0..1; datatype MeasureMeta
• WAD Water Well Construction Description — multiplicity 0..1; datatype CharacterStringMeta
• CAI Controlling Authority Identification — multiplicity 0..*; datatype CharacterStringMeta
• WFT Well Type — multiplicity 0..1; datatype WaterWell_wellTypeMeta; values: WFT_2 Walled-in, WFT_3 Artesian, WFT_5 Dug or Drilled, WFT_6 Dug, WFT_7 Drilled
• CAA Controlling Authority — multiplicity 0..1; datatype WaterWell_controllingAuthorityMeta; values: CAA_16 Civilian, CAA_17 Public, CAA_3 Private, CAA_5 Military, CAA_7 Joint Military and Civilian

Associations

• WaterWellAmenity → ZI116 Amenity (0..*)
• WaterWellCulturalProtectionInfo → HL111 Cultural Protection Info (0..*)
• WaterWellCulturalSignificanceInfo → HL110 Cultural Significance Info (0..*)
• WaterWellFluidCapacityAndCapabilityInfo → ZI125 Fluid Capacity And Capability Information (0..1)
• WaterWellWaterResourceInfo → ZI024 Water Resource Information (0..1)

RWOI terms naming it

• RWO_01369 Fresh Water Well
• RWO_04089 Water Well
• RWO_05264 Artesian Well

Mappings

• osm#man_made=water_well-point: BH230 closeMatch man_made=water_well (point)
• osm#man_made=water_well-polygon: BH230 closeMatch man_made=water_well (polygon)

Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.

OSM mappings: OSM_to_DGIF_V3.csv of che-dgif-interlis-tools. Licence: MIT, © 2026 Michael Lanini (swisstopo). See the FAQ.