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hawk767

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Water Tower
« on: December 21, 2011, 02:23:49 am »
I couldn't find this answer anywhere so far so figured I'd post.

I embarked in a hot location and each mid-summer the pools of water all around evaporate. I still have a stream but wanted to build a water tower to feed water into and then out of for my well and whatever else I need it for. I was going to build it a few levels high then cover off the top. Will the water still evaporate, same as all the other water?
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Epithemius

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Re: Water Tower
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2011, 02:31:40 am »
Water evaporates under two conditions:
1. There is 1 unit of water (smallest possible, 1/7) on the tile.
2. The water is in a murky pool tile.
As long as it isn't in one of the two, it's fine. This is usually called a cistern. If you have any further questions of the liberally confusing subject that is DF fluid logics, check out the Magmawiki, it has everything you need to know:
http://df.magmawiki.com
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