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[Arcanalor]

I've got a problem here and I need a Dwarfy answer!

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You can see there the start of a project I decided to embark on. However, after I got the power foundation set up, I decided to scrap the idea. So, now I'm left with two water wheels being powered by the brook there and supported by the horizontal axel.

As for my problem? Well, what sort of Dwarfy thing can I do with that setup? Below, you can see the next two Z-levels down, so I can't channel water downwards without messing up my stockpile/administration level or the primary level of the fortress where everyone hangs out.

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[ZergSpartan]

Urist Mcdwarf cancels Attend Party: Drowning.

Show those party animals what for!

[Fossaman]

If you can't go down, go up. Build a caravan-sanitation system. All incoming wagons must be washed clean of their foreign filth before entering your glorious fortress!

[Martin]

If you can't go down, go up. Build a caravan-sanitation system. All incoming wagons must be washed clean of their foreign filth before entering your glorious fortress!

Surely you suggest washing them with magma. Water is powerless against elf flu.

[Fossaman]

No, I suggest washing them with water. Just enough water to make them really sopping wet and angry, but not enough to make them leave or declare war.

Besides, magma would also sanitize the lovely Giant Desert Scorpion they just brought you. That wouldn't be any fun.

[Arcanalor]

Your idea of a caravan washer gave me an interesting idea and it definitely is a megaproject.

That said, it's easy to pull water from a brook and distribute it onto dry ground to let the entire map flood, isn't it?

[chaoticag]

You'll also need bearded female dwarves in skimpy accents to help with the cleaning.

On a more serious note: Flooding the world is a little harder, you'll need to store all the water somewhere, because the process slows down as time drags on as the brook runs out of water.

[alway]

Not to mention the horrible lag which will really slow it down long before you get it all out fo the brook.

[Arcanalor]

You'll also need bearded female dwarves in skimpy accents to help with the cleaning.

On a more serious note: Flooding the world is a little harder, you'll need to store all the water somewhere, because the process slows down as time drags on as the brook runs out of water.

I thought brooks were sourced water and, thus, couldn't run out of water. Or are you referring to draining the brook faster than water's coming in?

[Exponent]

I believe the water evaporates too quickly once the area it is covering is rather large.  So you either have to have many pumps (which might drain the brook faster than it is filled, I dunno, which means it wouldn't work), or store a bunch of water in a tall tower and then dump it all at once.

[Fossaman]

You can also build floodgates to cordon off sections that are small enough to fill completely without evaporation. You wouldn't even need to make them all the same size:

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If you make progressively larger segments, each can be filled about halfway by draining all the previously filled areas. Those can then refill without danger of evaporation at the same time as the new area tops up. Repeat until you have a flooded map.

[Arcanalor]

Instead of flooding the map, I opted (instead) to create a large reservoir. I have three pumps pulling from the brook and two more pulling from a small pond that's fed from the brook.

...and shortly after turning this system on, one of my Blacksmiths went into a secretive mood and claimed a magma forge. I've chosen to interpret this series of events as intentional design. I must be doing the work of Armok to have been blessed in such a way.

[Sabotage]

Instead of flooding the map, I opted (instead) to create a large reservoir. I have three pumps pulling from the brook and two more pulling from a small pond that's fed from the brook.

...and shortly after turning this system on, one of my Blacksmiths went into a secretive mood and claimed a magma forge. I've chosen to interpret this series of events as intentional design. I must be doing the work of Armok to have been blessed in such a way.

I find it ironic that the god is praising a god.