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0x517A5D

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Aquifer holes & drainage
« on: November 03, 2007, 04:54:00 pm »

I simply cannot believe that aquifers are working as intended.  

I had a nine-square hole dug (through loam) into an aquifer, and I couldn't keep it drained with four pumps.  It would very often show 3's and 4's, sometimes 5's or more.

Given how slowly water drains, shouldn't water seep out of the soil slowly?

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Re: Aquifer holes & drainage
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2007, 08:45:00 pm »

They are supposed to fill quickly.  You can get water geysers in real life from the pressure.  That said, there should be tools at some point to deal with them more effectively, although some people have gotten through.
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Re: Aquifer holes & drainage
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2007, 06:01:00 am »

To be honest, an artesian well is powered by having a water table below a hill, so the water is powered by gravity and pressure.  Water in a flat aquifer has neither and should simply bubble out at a moderate pace.
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Re: Aquifer holes & drainage
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2007, 09:39:00 am »

I think aquifiers work rather fine right now.

It IS a challenge to (safely) dig below an aquifier and you are warned before embarking into a region with one.
Anyone who has ever watched groundwater seep back into a poorly isolated dig how can confirm how quickly that can happen.

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Re: Aquifer holes & drainage
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2007, 11:01:00 am »

I was warned, but I didn't believe it.  My starting location had 3 biomes in it, only one of those biomes had an aquifer in it.  I thought, "Ok, I'll start digging on the other side, no biggie."  The aquifer is everywhere!!!  I've sent down test shafts all over the place, and hit damp stone three levels down, regardless of which biome I'm digging in.  Oh, the horror.  

Sure, the farming is going fine.  So far I've had enough wood for all the furniture I need.  And I've gotten lucky with rhesus, groundhogs and elk committing suicide by wardog, so I've got plenty of bones for crafts.  But my mason is getting fat and lazy, and the whole place is looking suspiciously . . . hobbitsh.

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Re: Aquifer holes & drainage
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2007, 11:10:00 am »

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Sure, the farming is going fine. So far I've had enough wood for all the furniture I need. And I've gotten lucky with rhesus, groundhogs and elk committing suicide by wardog, so I've got plenty of bones for crafts. But my mason is getting fat and lazy, and the whole place is looking suspiciously . . . hobbitsh.

So that's where the hobbits came from.  I'd always wondered.  :D

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