Better way to get water

[Sandwich-Anomaly]

At some point with a large population the water supply just cant handle it. Ive alredy built 8 Air wells and they can barely keep up with the needs of the people and I'm in the jungle biome. Should I just build more or can I expect better upgraded or more efficient water producers later on?

[Piperbird]

I've got 4 airwells and they keep up just fine. I do have something like 10 water storage tanks, though. You can also plant cactus or do searches for water at oasis. I also try to not grow too many tomatoes, they are crazy thirsty.

[Sandwich-Anomaly]

Originally posted by Piperbird:

I've got 4 airwells and they keep up just fine. I do have something like 10 water storage tanks, though. You can also plant cactus or do searches for water at oasis. I also try to not grow too many tomatoes, they are crazy thirsty.

guess ill just have to rethink how I do water production then. The people keep asking for food variety but my choices are limited for them. And I'm about to hit an arid biome.

[Suzaku]

Build and store more. I'm walking with a population of 200 people and have about 32 wells and 20 water tanks. I'm not sure how overkill it may be, but I can definitely say I have 0 water issues.

[RavensDaemon]

Originally posted by Suzaku:

Build and store more. I'm walking with a population of 200 people and have about 32 wells and 20 water tanks. I'm not sure how overkill it may be, but I can definitely say I have 0 water issues.

This, maybe not the water tanks, 10 might be fine, but airwells build a lot of airwells. At the start I always build 6 airwells and 1 tank, them more airwells.

[Bobywan]

At least 2 air wells per farm (or herbalist) + some water tanks.
For desert biome, you can and should use catcus/corn to avoid having water supply drop too quickly.

[Duo]

build more air wells until you have positive production in the jungle then build 1 more to speed storage tank filling. then build enough storage to where the total storage where air wells are constantly full is about 2000. but i have a pop of 170ish with 6 max farms. switch 2 or 3 over cactus in the desert and you can just hang out there for about 30-40 in game days until you need to start looking at going back into the jungle. thats how i roll