Massive amounts of water pollution [SOLVED]

[blasterman 0]

Hi all,

I have a pair of fresh cities, one with 70,000 people on the water with no ports (yet) and one with 20,000 people on a different body of water with both a seaport and a ferry terminal. The smaller one also has a wave of medium density industrial up the coast, which generates a large amount of water pollution. So much, in fact, that one of the inlets is black sludge.

How do I remove the effects of water pollution yet still keeping the industries and the population that's formed becuase of them?

Thanks,

--Troy

[zurrabear 20]

Water Treatment Plant found in the water utilities menu (standard Maxis item). Also there's a one-tile thingy on the STEX that wipes out water pollution at farms, I use it but I forget what it's called. Try searching the STEX for "pollution".

[blasterman 0]

Thanks, I've been planting those in like crazy. They do seem to work a bit, but I guess I'll have to progress another year or so to see how it goes.

Cheers,

Troy

[Attila464 2]

If you are really desperate i would try the reverse osmosis plant in the STEX works wonders but if you want to create a legit city in which you can say that you paid for everything then i would look elsewhere.

[memedoug85 36]

I try to zone industry away from the coast so I don't get the black look in region view

[Rady 94]

Just an annotation - make sure to connect the water treatment facility to your pipelines, not just place it. The farm-specific utility mentioned by zurrabaer is called NEXIS Farm Water Purifier.

[mayor_brando 8]

There are plenty of water and air purification downloads on the STEX. Just search for "purification". Alternativly, you could make your own with the Lot Editor and Plugin Manager.

[blasterman 0]

Thanks for the info, folks. I've just been using the usual water treatment plants (they're expensive when you get a whole whack of them, but it's completely worth it!) and the "sludge" is gone! Woohoo!

[bigthing 35]

I find, if you remove air pollution, you remove water pollution. Sooo try to reduce air pollution by either:-

1. have high tech industry

2. use an air purifier

Choice is yours, i personally would have both :-P

[Mike1814 0]

Finds some ploppable trees and plop them around the pollution source (Landfill,airport,industry). 

[zurrabear 20]

Originally posted by: blasterman

Thanks, I've been planting those in like crazy. They do seem to work a bit, but I guess I'll have to progress another year or so to see how it goes.

Cheers,

Troyquote>

Happy to be of service.  I have noted that those farm anti-pollutant devices wear out a LOT quicker than, say, the average water pump.  So you might want to re-check water pollution on the map periodically.