Pollution from nowhere?

[Sir Burguy]

The scrrenshots speak for themselves: https://imgur.com/a/m3KIaEK

A bit of context: there are only two polluting thingies in the city 1) the heating 2) the clothes factory. All this pollution seems to be coming from the sewage dump but it feels wierd that I pollute ground by polluting water.

If anyone knows what could be causing so much pollution or how this could be avoided, please do tell. I'm relatively new to the game and don't completely understand how things work, but from what I can see, there shouldn't be any land pollution at all, let alone a chunk of it huge enough to melt down city's whole population.

[Silent_Shadow]

Here is a short guide on pollution:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/784150/discussions/0/6348431004286066364/
The pollution model is pretty simple in this game. All pollution becomes "air pollution" that manifests as a cloud floating around the source, with the center having the most concentration.

If I had to guess your issue, you either have overflowing sewage in your city, which creates pollution when dumped, or your trash is overflowing at some residences (if you have waste enabled). Hospitals also produce hazardous waste, which creates a lot of pollution when dumped.

[megamonkey]

where are the bins?

[Sir Burguy]

Originally posted by megamonkey:

where are the bins?

Along the roads somewhere, didn't pay much attention to where I place them

[Sir Burguy]

Originally posted by Silent_Shadow:

Here is a short guide on pollution:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/784150/discussions/0/6348431004286066364/
The pollution model is pretty simple in this game. All pollution becomes "air pollution" that manifests as a cloud floating around the source, with the center having the most concentration.

If I had to guess your issue, you either have overflowing sewage in your city, which creates pollution when dumped, or your trash is overflowing at some residences (if you have waste enabled). Hospitals also produce hazardous waste, which creates a lot of pollution when dumped.

Thanks a lot! This was really helpful!

[dazkaz]

Your fabric factory produces a lot of high value, 65% pollution, sewage that you are dumping into the river via the sewage discharge.
I have seen the pollution 'cloud' from this extend upto 800m from the discharge, but that was when I also had chemical plants, another high value sewage pollutant 78%, running to the same discharge.

I had to build a sewage treatment plant to counter it, although I could have moved the discharge further down the river, I quite like the look of the sewage treatment plant, but it is quite expensive to run due to the chemicals requirement.
It's worth the cost for the eye candy I think :)