Running low on water supply.

[Paikia]

I have a city with around 100k people, where most of the water used to be supplied by pumps placed along two rivers passing through the city. The thing is - both rivers are beginning to get dry. I've started replacing the pumps with water towers and by now, only a couple of pumps remain. It's been like that for quite a few game-time years, and I was expecting the rivers to eventually get back, at least partly, to their former state, but it doesn't seem to be happening.

I'm not using any mods.

Thanks in advance for any ideas and suggestions. :)

[MarkJohnson]

It sounds like you're putting all of your pumps in one spot. Try spreading them out along the river sides.

[Paikia]

Originally posted by rmjohnson144:

It sounds like you're putting all of your pumps in one spot. Try spreading them out along the river sides.

I did spread them as much as I could as soon as I realized I was starting to have a problem. Maybe my mistake was not considering this when choosing which land to buy. Already have 9 squares, so without mods, I don't suppose there's a way to get more.

[MarkJohnson]

Do you have all pumps on land yet to see if that helps? It may take a little while to recover.

also, educated cims use less water. Make sure your education is high for all three schools.

[Useless Noodle]

try water tower, unlimited water supply, just dont put it over polluted ground.

[RAM AIR IV]

Use water towers

[Paikia]

Kk, thanks for the suggestions. The obvious and inevitable solution, like suggested here several times, was to switch to water towers entirely.

I was curious to see if the rivers would eventually go back to their original state and the flow would improve. Well - the answer seems to be 'no'. After quite a few more real-time hours of gameplay, which I assume would translate into several years of game-time at least, I didn't notice any change for the better with the rivers. A lake that one of the rivers was leading to was getting dry as well, as it was no longer receiving any water. I'm not sure about it, but the rivers might have gotten drier even after I completely turned all water pumps off. Not very realistic, I suppose, but at least there's a way around that (water towers).

Thanks again for your help, everyone. :)

[NoirMoutton]

Real world problems when you don't manage natural resources with care! Water doesn't grow on trees!

[Paikia]

Originally posted by NoirMoutton:

Real world problems when you don't manage natural resources with care! Water doesn't grow on trees!

Unfortunately, that's true.

[MarkJohnson]

What mods are you using? You should not be having any real issues at a tiny 100k population. I'm at 650k and water is still flowing fine with no mods.

[Paikia]

Originally posted by rmjohnson144:

What mods are you using? You should not be having any real issues at a tiny 100k population. I'm at 650k and water is still flowing fine with no mods.

As I specified on the original post, I'm not using any mods.

[MarkJohnson]

Are you subscribed to any workshop items?

[Jambie Lionheart]

It's nothing to do with tile purchase choices or things like that. It just happens when your water consumption starts to exceed the water capacity of your rivers. I kiiinda of solved that problem on my end, by building a damn on my river, downstream of my main city and managed to double the amount of water my city could consume. By the time I'd finished, my water consumption was at almost 3,000,000 when it finally settled.

[RAM AIR IV]

Just put down water towers. It's so much more easier and it doesn't hurt your rivers