Water

Water is a fluid resource obtained using Water Extractors built on water bodies. It is essential for power generation and some late-game products. It can also be used to improve the conversion rate of various ores to ingots in Refineries, once their respective alternate recipe is unlocked.

It is the first fluid the engineer has access to.

Resource acquisition
Water is extracted from water bodies using Water Extractors. Water bodies aren't considered to be resource nodes, therefore they don't have a purity and it's not possible to scan for them with the Resource Scanner.

Water can also be extracted from Resource Wells using Resource Well Extractors. The default extraction rates are as follows: This means the following amount of Water is available:

Power
Water is required for Coal Generators and Nuclear Power Plants, alongside their respective physical requirements, to produce power.
 * At 100% power usage and 100% Clock speed, Coal Generators consume water at a rate of 45 m3/min, regardless of the type of fuel provided.
 * At 100% power usage and 100% Clock speed, Nuclear Power Plants consume water at a rate of 300 m3/min.

Tips

 * Diluting Heavy Oil Residue with Water is a good way to boost petrochemical production.

History

 * Patch 0.4.0.0: Now extractible from Resource Wells. Makes Water more light bluish in various buildings' UI.
 * Patch 0.3.2.2 Reduced Water requirement of Residual Plastic and Rubber
 * Patch 0.3 Introduced