Water towers extract groundwater, but are a more expensive option. Most cities will extract water using shoreline water pumping stations to provide water for the citizens. Mayors need to provide their city with water and sewage services.

The Pumping Service building from the Natural Disasters DLC dispatches vacuum trucks to clean up flood waters.Ĭanals and quays may be used to direct water flow, as well as the landscaping terraforming tools. If a building becomes flooded and remains that way, it will soon become abandoned. The latter are most likely to occur when there is a dam-related catastrophe, a tsunami, or through the use of the terraforming tools in the water or along the shoreline. as well as unstable phenomena, such as large waves. The game will also simulate more dramatic water physics, such as waterfalls. The direction and speed of flow is indicated by white arrows in the water and sewage info view. Water fills channels and basins and flows downstream. Almost all construction in a city happens on land, although bridges and crossings can span bodies of water, and some structures are built on the shoreline or in the water. The current in the river is indicated by the arrows.