Evaporation underground

[Tachylite]

With changes to how evaporation works is it possible to reduce evaporation by covering tiles?
For example if I cover water filled tiles with impermeable blocks other than soil and have a narrow water tower opening filling them from above to keep them completely filled, zero air gap will they still evaporate as normal?

[Fenrir]

I would also like to now this and if the impermable tiles also would help. If not that would be a nice feature.

[wg_zuerich]

in generally agreed; however, I think it needs to be defined what evaporation is used for: maybe it should be split:
a) evaporation due to "air contact" -> here, tunneling should decrease the amount of evaporation
b) evaporation due to water fertilizing soil -> here, impereable built tunnels should decrease the amount of evaporation

[CG]

i just build 2 water towers one with and one without the plate at the bottom and it is as i thought. nothing changed.
both had the same evaporation rate.

would've surprised me if they changed their formula which only impacts water surfaces and incorporate underground cisterns like dune :D

would be cool tho!

[Tachylite]

That's kind of disappointing but good to know, thanks for testing it

[CG]

Originally posted by Tachylite:

That's kind of disappointing but good to know, thanks for testing it

the only definitiv answer would come from dev tho.

or the evaporation formula... which we dont have i think.