After building the water tower, I want to hire a water carrier to set a range and then transport water from a well within that range.
reason
It is difficult to build farmland or industrial facilities on land where groundwater does not flow.(Industrial facilities often need water, but water is difficult to obtain.)
It is difficult to prepare for disasters such as fire. We could also increase our content on drought.
Isn’t the water tower building itself pretty? You can’t see water in the city. Wooden water tower with open ceiling See Banished Water Tower game.
But the biggest reason is that it is difficult to create anything on land without water.
The Egyptians of the Middle Kingdom already build reservoirs to collect water in times of abundance to use in times of scarcity. This game certainly could introduce a method for collecting spoilage when it rains and utilize labor to spread it.
The game could certainly do more with water management. At the moment, it’s only a question of “how many wells do I need to spam?” Reservoir, fountains, bath houses, irrigation; even canals, aqueducts, damns, etc… could all have a place in a future DLC.
But water towers is not one of them - that only makes sense if you have a high pressure water distribution system which is way outside the quasi-historical theme of the game.
A man can dream! Fountains and bath houses would certainly be welcome additions to a high tier settlement. And so would irrigation and or any kind of drought management systems, really.
I too think a water tower would be to immersion breaking for a medieval themed game. I already have my problems with the Civic Monument (looks like 19th century Victorian style Crystal Palace), the Grand Academy (looks like an 18th century late Renaissance Palace) while both the Military Monument as well as the Crypt look like from Ancient Rome and Greece, two thousand years earlier. Which is why I never build these buildings at all…
Yeah but their capacity is very limited.
A cistern would be like a much bigger well with a far wider area of effect.
Built exactly for the occasion that those regular wells run dry. And perhaps only tapped for that unfortunate occasion. Like a power bank, just for water. Know what i mean?
