Thanks Stefan
The flow rate at fountains is usually easily measurable with a bottle and a watch.  
I just realized that the key flow_rate exists (though not yet used for fountains). https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:flow_rate
So I guess that answers the question. Thanks!
Matthew

On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 1:59 PM Stefan Keller <sfkeller@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Matthew

I found no occurrences in river but few elsewhere worldwide e.g. with
drinking_water:
https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/discharge#combinations
Main criteria to me are if a subtag like "discharge" is continuous,
and observable/reproducible be everyone.
Since OSM is inclusive, I would not vote not against "discharge" in
combination with amenity=fountain.
I assume discharge means volume rate of water flow measured in m3/s SI units.

:Stefan

2018-07-24 8:12 GMT+02:00 Matthew Moy de Vitry <matthew.mdv@gmail.com>:
> Hello,
> For the beta.water-fountains.org project, I want to add a property to
> indicate the flow rate of fountains. In wikidata, this could possibly be
> done with the "discharge" property, which is currently used for rivers. I am
> wondering if a similar property exists in OSM.
> Thanks!
> Matthew
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