Water pipes near landfill

[crisselis]

So , I just noticed I did a horrible job with the water pipes management , since it seems you cant place water pipes to go under another ones , so I had to place pipes close to my llandfills...Can this polute the water?

[MarkJohnson]

First, you can connect water pipes to each other. You don't need to go under them.

second, no water pipes don't absorb pollution. Pollution gets in at the water pumps/towers. So don't place them in polluted areas.

lastly, oil ground resource counts as pollution.

[crisselis]

Originally posted by rmjohnson144:

First, you can connect water pipes to each other. You don't need to go under them.

second, no water pipes don't absorb pollution. Pollution gets in at the water pumps/towers. So don't place them in polluted areas.

lastly, oil ground resource counts as pollution.

Thanks , I didnt even noticed I can connect them..

[mbutton15]

If you were having trouble joining pipes then it could have been the angle. Just like roads, try too tight an angle and it won't allow you, but really you need to just stick with a grid pattern to maximise water coverage anyway.

[crisselis]

And another thing.. Does noise polution affects the industrial districts?I know it not recommended to place residential areas around places with high noise polution , but what about industrial?

[MarkJohnson]

Industrial makes noise pollution, so it's immune to its effects.

[grapplehoeker]

Industry is a noise and ground polluter and is unaffected by either.
Commercial is a noise polluter but will not like ground pollution.
Offices create no pollution but will not like ground pollution.
Residential is only a ground polluter if the garbage they create isn't collected. They also make noise due to driving their own vehicles. They dislike ground and noise pollution and too much will make them sick. Water pollution will kill them even if it's 1%.

[xmicha3lx]

When I was still learning the game I foolishly built a nuke power plant near downtown for temporary power until the city enlarged. I then demolished it and placed power plants further away. I noticed the demolished nuke site was heavily contaminated and mass deaths downtown were occuring due to an elevated pollution level. Everything was connected by a network of water pipes so I completely removed the pipes from the sphere of contamination and isolated it completely from the water network. The pollution dropped to zero and ppl stopped dying. I also learned to seperate the water system networks between industrial areas and inhabited areas.

[MarkJohnson]

Originally posted by xmicha3lx:

When I was still learning the game I foolishly built a nuke power plant near downtown for temporary power until the city enlarged. I then demolished it and placed power plants further away. I noticed the demolished nuke site was heavily contaminated and mass deaths downtown were occuring due to an elevated pollution level. Everything was connected by a network of water pipes so I completely removed the pipes from the sphere of contamination and isolated it completely from the water network. The pollution dropped to zero and ppl stopped dying. I also learned to seperate the water system networks between industrial areas and inhabited areas.

None of this makes sense.

Nuke Plants don't generate ground pollution. Maybe noise pollution?
Water pipes have no affect on ground pollution nor noise pollution.
water pipes are isolated and can't be contaminated.

If you have a polluted water supply it can only be coming from the water pumps/towers. If you place them in ground/water pollution, then they wsill make your cims sick and eventually die. Oil ground resources count as pollution so if you place a water tower over it you will get water pollution in your pipes.

Don't separate your water pipes. They work much better than having two separate water supplies.