40d Talk:Well guide

In illustration number nine, "Build the Well", where are the stairs that are in the previous illustrations? Is there a way to remove them?

Tapping a brook

As long as you're on the same z-level as the water, you never need to worry about flooding no matter what the source. So even a river can be tapped that way. Now, if you want/need to drop it a z-level or more then flooding can be a serious issue, even with a brook. --Squirrelloid 17:14, 30 December 2008 (EST)

Interesting, I've had nothing but trouble trying to do this with rivers, and no problems doing it with a brook, even when I drop it down a z-level to provide a given level of the fortress with a well. Just wanted to note another well strategy, as the original article said it was not recommended and/or very difficult to do with a brook, and I've found it easy. JubalHarshaw 23:51, 30 December 2008 (EST)

I have narrowly avoided flooding my fortress with a brook. ('Oh crap, water has pressure' as water starts flowing up out of my well). --Squirrelloid 10:57, 31 December 2008 (EST)

This conversation is bringing "The Sorceror's Apprentice" to mind... :-) --Maximus 23:12, 31 December 2008 (EST)

I have never had difficulty tapping brooks, and I don't use the "out" channel to relegate the flows. Water pressure is only a problem if you drop z-levels. This article smells really suspicious to me. Is there a flag for that? I doubt the validity of this argument. It seems outdated, and agrees with the old data, not the new. --Zchris13 19:54, 21 February 2009 (EST)

Point of the deep well shaft?

Why bother with deep well shafts? When the water on the tile right below the well is less than 4/7 deep, it says "Well dry". I don't really see the point. --Alpha 15:05, 20 February 2009 (EST)

The deep well shaft is for if you are dropping the water any amount of z-levels. If you plan it right, it will work at any z-depth you want it too. Done wrong, and you have no water.--Zchris13 19:54, 21 February 2009 (EST)

But will the well function if the square DIRECTLY below it runs out of water? --Alpha 20:06, 9 March 2009 (EDT)

Yeah, I often build my wells above deadly underground rivers:

▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ emptyness ▒>.o..o..▒ ▒ natural wall ▒<X XX ▒▒▒ X constructed wall o well ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ . floor ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ≈ river

They work just fine. And keep deadly underground creatures out. Although said creatures do sometimes scare the dwarves. --Savok 20:56, 9 March 2009 (EDT)

Pumps

I notice that the article and its discussion make no mention of pumps, which would help control the water taken from a (channeled) brook tile since they "reset" water pressure. Or are we assuming a Luddite's guide? --FJH 20:21, 3 March 2009 (EST)