On Oct 8, 2022, at 11:31 PM, stevea <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, taps CAN be drinking water, but not necessarily are.  For example, a 
> hose_bib on a residence's "backyard porch" might be designed to attach a hose 
> and water plants with a sprinkler or a hand-valve sprayer, but such a tap can 
> also be declared "drinking water" (as it comes from the same source as 
> drinking water taps indoors, often from municipal "treated water" — to make 
> it drinkable — sources).

I forgot to add to this:  On the other hand, a "tap" which looks exactly the 
same (identical turn-knob to control flow from "off" to "some" to "full") might 
NOT be "drinking water," because it is located at the local golf course, and 
has a sign next to it saying "Non-potable; using reclaimed water:  only for 
irrigation.  Not safe to drink."

Tags must capture these differences, and more.
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