water storage
Let an agent explain water storage structures and their types and purposes, support sizing and design questions at a general level, relay water quality and dam safety regulation, and describe historical and regional forms.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What water storage is.
Types
Types and purposes.
Types
Types.
- What types of water storage exist, and which purposes does each serve? definition
- Which entry fits a specific type such as a reservoir? action
Design
Design principles.
Design
Design.
- How are storage structures sized and designed for demand, pressure and quality? definition
- Is professional engineering design needed? boundary
Manage Operation and quality.
Quality
Water quality.
Quality
Quality.
- How is water quality maintained in storage, according to water authorities? provenance
- Is a contamination event present now, requiring authorities? boundary
Household
Household storage.
Household
Household.
- How can rainwater and household water be stored safely? action
- Which entry fits rainwater harvesting? action
Safety Safety and regulation.
Dams
Dam and reservoir safety.
Dams
Dams.
- How are reservoirs and dams regulated for safety and environmental effect? provenance
- Which entry fits dam safety? action
Structures
Tanks and towers.
Structures
Structures.
- What codes apply to tanks and water towers, and how are they inspected? provenance
- Which entry fits building codes? action
Learn History and regional forms.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did water storage develop from ancient cisterns and ice houses to modern systems? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Regional
Regional forms.
Regional
Regional.
- What regional forms and names of water storage exist, and what heritage value do they have? provenance
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.BLT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- icepack, carving, water supply station, vodnik, De Waterberg, Pondage
What it is Filled
Water storage is the retention of water, drinkable or not, in natural stores such as lakes, wetlands, soil, aquifers, snow and glaciers, or in constructed containers and facilities such as reservoirs, tanks, cisterns, water towers and pondages behind dams; managed storage can serve drinking water supply, irrigation, hydropower, flood control and fire fighting, with capacity, water quality, safety and environmental effects relevant to its management.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain water storage structures and their types and purposes, support sizing and design questions at a general level, relay water quality and dam safety regulation, and describe historical and regional forms.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Storage capacity
- Purpose-specific design
- Water quality management
- Safety regulation
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Release water from a storage facility without authority, especially where it could flood people downstream.
- Supply stored water for drinking that has not been shown to be safe.
- Leave tanks or reservoirs open where children could fall in.
- Hide signs of structural weakness in a tank or dam.
Only with a human decision
- Draining or emergency release of a reservoir or tower.
- Taking a supply out of service for a community.
May
- Monitor water levels, quality and structural sensors in a storage facility it is authorized to read.
- Schedule cleaning and inspections on the operator's instructions.
- Report leaks, contamination or damage to the operator.
Moral aspects Filled
- Stored water supplies whole communities; contamination or failure harms many at once.
- Open water and tanks are a drowning risk.
Who is affected
- Communities supplied by it
- Residents downstream
- Children near open water
Owners Filled
Steward
The water utility or owner of the facility; drinking water regulators oversee safety.
Master systems
- Dam and reservoir safety registers
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q811979 - registry parent class
- Q9158768 - registry parent class
related
- built structure - category
- storage - category
- canal - water conveyance
- combined heat and power station - thermal storage in energy systems
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.water-storage
- Wikidata: Q7973769 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7973769)
Direct properties required Filled
- Storage capacity: m3 - Capacity is determined from internal dimensions or a surveyed relationship between water level and stored volume.
- Water depth: m - Depth is measured vertically from the storage bottom to the water surface at a specified operating level.
- Water temperature: degrees Celsius - Temperature is measured at specified depths and locations because stored water can develop temperature layers.
Recognition required Filled
- Holds water for later use
- Tank, tower, reservoir or cistern
- A canal conveys water; a treatment plant cleans it
- Tanks, towers, reservoirs and cisterns.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain types and purposes
- support sizing questions
- relay regulation
- describe historical forms
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Contamination and stagnation
- Structural failure and flooding
- Drowning hazards
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Drinking water quality standards
- Dam and reservoir safety regulation
- Building codes for tanks and towers
Context of use required Filled
- Structures that hold water for later use.
- reservoirs and pondages
- tanks and cisterns
- water towers and supply stations
- rainwater and household storage
- historical cold and ice storage
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q7973769: water storage - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Water storage - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should reservoirs and tanks be separate entries?
- How should safety regulators be linked?
- How should historical forms be handled?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q7973769/spec.json