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[Mohawk_Bravo]

Okay, so out of boredom I've decided to build a mist generator with it's own water reactor. I carved everything out, have all the pieces I need and made sure I had plenty of buckets. Only problem is, it seems the pond areas that are supposed to fuel the reactor and the mist generator keep draining. Some won't go beyond 1/7 or 2/7, and other sections will get full and then when I check again will be at 1/7 or 2/7 or 3/7. I checked and they are all on marble or claystone. Could that be the problem? Also, once I get it up and running, can I carve out the wall that keeps the resevoir and replace it with another statue?

[XXSockXX]

I haven't made a pond with bucket brigades in ages, but I think it was like described in the wiki: Only one dwarf at a time fills the pond if you don't designate multiple overlapping zones. Maybe the water evaporates faster than your dwarf fills the pond?

http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Pond#Pit.2FPond

I checked and they are all on marble or claystone. Could that be the problem? Also, once I get it up and running, can I carve out the wall that keeps the resevoir and replace it with another statue?

Both no. Destroying the wall will cause a flood, if there is water behind it.

[Mohawk_Bravo]

I don't know what could possibly be evaporating the water. It's not far from the surface and not too deep and I believe the climate is temperate. Either way, I let it empty and smoothed/engraved the walls and it seems to be maintaning the water now a little better. Anyone have any other idea why it would be draining?

[XXSockXX]

I don't know what could possibly be evaporating the water. It's not far from the surface and not too deep and I believe the climate is temperate.

That doesn't matter, water (and magma) that is 1/7 will evaporate.

[Mohawk_Bravo]

So my problem was just to large of ponds and not enough workers?

[XXSockXX]

So my problem was just to large of ponds and not enough workers?

Probably yes. I can't say for sure, but it seems like it could be the problem. Try how it works with more workers.

[Mohawk_Bravo]

Well I filled the ponds and set up all the machinary and I tuned it on. Problem is, the water wheels were connected on the bottom tile instead of the middle, so I had to disassemble the machine (spraying water everywhere). I've hooked it up now and it seems to be connected as it's requesting 93 power, and when I turned it on last time it was 30 on one section and 62 on the other. Anyway, everything seems to be coming together now. My dwarves had to fight of a siege but with that out of the way and the cleanup effort underway, I think it should be up and running right away. Thanks for the help guys.

[XXSockXX]

Thanks for the help guys.

Hey, don't make me schizo I'm not more than one guy. 

I'm not too good with mechanics, but if it works now it probably just was the evaporating water.

[Mohawk_Bravo]

Haha, oh, my mistake, sorry about that.

Anyway, I'm having some trouble now. The machine stopped working and I'm not sure why (I think too much water spilled out on the side with the gear assemblies). At this point, i had already removed the resevoir in the statue garden and replaced it with a statue. The water all drained/evaporated. I've deconstructed the statue and rebuilt a wall around to create a pool to draw the mist from, but it's not filling (again). Have thirty or so buckets of various materials and nothing seems to be working. The water drains out of the resevoir before anyone can fill it. I'm starting to get a bit frustrated with this mechanical failure.

Oh well, I should be studying for my Mandarin final anyway, haha.

[Ubiq]

Do you have a water source zone?

If not and you have more than one Fill Pond job active, then dwarves might be taking water from one pond to fill another as they'll just fill their buckets at the closest water site. If you have a water source zone or well, then they'll go to that instead.