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[Iden]

I've built a nice little waterfall/reservoir in order to avoid a lack of water. Obviously I don't need much water anymore, since I have a satisfactory stilling operation.

However, since I didn't plan accordingly (as I didn't forsee this problem), I now have a hole straight down from the surface down into my reservoir, from which water can fall. This has produced an interesting problem.

The river enters through a channel on z-1. @ z0 I channeled out a square area in order to help drop a huge pillar of rock to create a large hole for the water to fall through. I then covered the hole @ z0 with flooring. I also have a floor set across z-3 with some grates, to allow the water to nicely mist and continue down. The water continues to fall down to z-6, where my reservoir is.

@ z-6, a square chunk of water, the size of the hole I had initially cut in z0 is solid ice. All of these tiles are considered "Inside-Light-Above Ground". The wells I had set up on z-5, just above this have frozen over and broken.

Is there a way to fix this so that this part of my reservoir will not freeze during the winter? (Without having to plan ahead)

[Warlord255]

Recently played on a Glacier map with an underground pool.

Once you punch a hole to the surface, it's freezable. Period. Putting a roof over it won't make it count as inside/dark/subterranean any more, so all you can do is wait for spring.

If you've got a brook feeding it - winter nonwithstanding - you'll be fine.