Minor detail. The problem with the pumps is that it would require some form of power or dwarves to get over there and pump manually, which isn't always an option.
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No one has brought forward a solution yet, but several are working feverishly on... well, something. In better news, humans have arrived, just in time to buy our junk. Also, it seems the elven diplomat was seen stalking off in a huff. It seems the queen didn't like him. I don't blame her.
On the other hand, we have one minor dwarven problem. UristMcDonald has gone stark raving mad, apparently because we couldn't make a tin table, in spite of me trying to find something to melt. Well, that's going to be a problem for someone. Not me. I'm almost done with the reactor. One more water wheel to finish it. Then it's all over but the flooding. I've installed a couple copper doors to stop the water from going too high when I fire up the reactor filling system.
I'll get the humans to take all the garbage off our hands. Oh, and I um... sort of over did the statues. We've got nearly a hundred and they're now being installed in the queen's rooms.
And finally, we had a child possessed. Fantastic. Can't wait to see what fun destruction he causes.
The humans take a bunch of junk off our hands, and in exchange hand over a considerable amount of booze, and a dozen or so anvils. I figure we can melt those down for more iron or steel armor. I also got rid of a bunch of unicorns and rutherers, though only those in wooden cages. I suggest the rest be released in a pitable area, then the cages be reclaimed. Perhaps a pit or two over an arena and have them tossed bodily in to brutally murder one another for our entertainment. I think I'll call it.. Reality Arena.