water.... not a drop to drink

[PushIt23 1]

So is it better to have a sewage outflow pipe next to a water filtration pump?

or can we use the higher capacity sewage filtration center, next to the water filtration pump?

[nhgriffith 179]

Use whatever your capacity requires. Just don't use a normal water tower next to a regular sewage outflow pipe. And if you have a water pump next to a filtration center and have nothing else causing ground pollution in the vicinity, expand your water pump with regular pumps, not filtration pumps. However, if you water pump is over polluted water, be sure to bulldoze the initial pump and replace it with a filtration pump.

[gmart530 6]

Use whatever your capacity requires. Just don't use a normal water tower next to a regular sewage outflow pipe. And if you have a water pump next to a filtration center and have nothing else causing ground pollution in the vicinity, expand your water pump with regular pumps, not filtration pumps. However, if you water pump is over polluted water, be sure to bulldoze the initial pump and replace it with a filtration pump.

 

The issue (to me) also seems to be the severe depletion rate of water for any midsize (100-150k) cities.  Additionally the feedback on the map seems odd, My pump when hovering over says "pump has run dry" yet when I click into it I have "28 months under pump", more to that the overlays say I have no water left in that area.  Rainfall seems to be REALLY infrequent as well.

 

Moreover, if the solution requires you to use a sewage treatment plant+modules and a water pump+modules next to each other, why not just combine these two thing in the form of modules?  It seems a bit redundant and an odd gameplay choice.  Something tells me currently though, that the current state of water pumping/distribution seems to be off or potentially bugged.

 

Of course we won't know for a couple of weeks as I assume Maxis is busy handling bigger issues.

[m72 0]

Actually, I've discovered that sewage treatment plants also put water back into the water table. Clean water, too.

So you should build your water pumps next to your sewage treatment plant. No need for the polution generating sewage drains.

If this actually works - it's a great find/idea.

[GoldenShadowGS 0]

I'v ealso discovered that the replenishment rate depends on how much sewage you ar treating. If you are pumping water out of the closed cycle, you will eventually run out anyway.  Nuclear power plants consume water LOTs of water, which is not turned back to sewage,

[m72 0]

I think you're correct about positioning your water pumping station next to the sewage treatment plant. I moved the water station and have a pretty consistant 24 to 26 month supply of water. This is with a population ~ 100k.  

 

Mining seems to also take a lot of water.

[YilmasRegin 7]

Actually, I've discovered that sewage treatment plants also put water back into the water table. Clean water, too.

So you should build your water pumps next to your sewage treatment plant. No need for the polution generating sewage drains.

If this actually works - it's a great find/idea.

 

Works like a charm, been doing it with 3 cities so far... Infinte water supply... As long as Intake/outtake is the same...

[Gunnier_dk 0]

Yes it works. Just tested it with succes...right smack in the middle of my industry and it's still clean

[AshTym 31]

Yes it works. Just tested it with succes...right smack in the middle of my industry and it's still clean

 

For now... Though sooner or later the ground pollution caused by your industrial sites (even the high tech ones) will get to the point where you'll need to replace your pumping stations with filtration stations which are twice as expensive to place and to run. A better idea would be to place your water pumps and sewage treatment system right up against the boundary of your map from the get-go - that way you'll avoid ground pollution getting into your water system.

[Gunnier_dk 0]

if you fight pollution this shouldn't become a problem. Remove buildings for a while and plant trees where there is lots of pollution will solve most of the problems.

I have areas where i have no pollution around water and sewage plants and havent had any since i tried this the first time.

I most often put them in a corner away from industry

[bifordus-maximus 16]

In case someone does not know how it is supposed to be done.

 

 

 

I still have yet to see the rain replenish anything to date.