Needs Jetty, Rainwater Collector or Well

[Colonel Burton]

For the love of life I can't figure out the water system in this game.

My WTs are telling me "Needs Jetty, Rainwater Collector or Well" but I have an electric pump and rainwater collector right next to them.

How the heck does the water system work?

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[beebopper]

Basically your WT is almost out of water and its saying it needs one of the three to collect water from.

Most likely your water Collector is empty.. and i'm guessing your well is to the extreme left of the shot... water may be in the process of being taken to the WT from the well or there is nothing in the well at this time.

Add another well on the right side of the WT or maybe two as you have the irrigation pump taking water along with the peeps,, so basically not enough water production to cover the irrigation pump and the peeps drink from the WT.

Hope that makes sense :)

[Colonel Burton]

Sorry, I made a mistake, too. It's not a well but an irrigator. Yes, I think I understand, the Rainwater collector only collects when it rains, and if it has storage, then it is considered a "source". The jetty is also a source as long as water is in the lake.

[beebopper]

Just an example of an isolated water system... note the Rain Col;lectors should be the farthest away from your pop so settlers do not drink contaminated water . The Water is collected by the WT and filtered for the settlers to drink.
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[Colonel Burton]

Thanks

Originally posted by beebopper:

Just an example of an isolated water system... note the Rain Col;lectors should be the farthest away from your pop so settlers do not drink contaminated water .

So if that is the case, why are there 6 huts right next to the rain collectors?

And isn't the ratio of 4 wells to 1 WT a little too much?

[beebopper]

That was an example.. using 4 wells (as they are intermittent and ensures the WT has water.. 2 wont keep it going.. 3 is iffy.. 4 works)

The other buildings are just temp storage,, I set this one up to cover all bases when I was starting a new expansion.

[Colonel Burton]

I really need to git gud with this game. I have a hard enough time as is in normal mode with modified sandstorms and droughts and weak raiders. Despite it being slightly challenging it just doesn't feel postapocalyptic

[beebopper]

just remember .. infrastructure first then population..

food, water, protective gear, Medical, rad protection buildings and after season 100 try tp keep 30ish settlers for militia and last of all population.

don't build too fast :)

Ps .. keep your pop stable... 6 cabins to 2 shelters as a base rule.