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==Summary==
 
==Summary==
A powered moisture pump will slowly remove shallow water and other marshy tiles up to a radius of 6.9 tiles. The pump's radius will expand roughly 1 tile every 8.7 days the entire radius will be terraformed in 1 year (60 days). The pump instantly transforms the tile that it is installed on once it becomes powered.
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[[File:Moisture pump example.png|thumb|left|300px|Inner circle is the radius of water already removed.<br>Outer circle is maximum radius of the pump.]]
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A powered moisture pump will slowly remove shallow water and other marshy tiles up to a radius of 6.9 tiles. The pump's radius will expand roughly 1 tile every 8.7 days - the entire radius will be terraformed in 1 year. Once the tiles are converted, the effect is permanent. As a powered pump will instantly convert the tile its on, it cannot be uninstalled.
  
* [[Mud]], [[marsh]] and [[marshy soil]] are converted to [[soil]].
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Mud, marsh and marshy soil are converted to soil. Soft sand is converted to sand. Shallow water and shallow ocean water are converted to stony soil, except in ice and sea ice biomes where they are converted to ice. Pumps can be built on [[bridge]]s, and will effect tiles under a bridge. However, the bridge must be removed before heavier objects can be placed on converted lnd. All other terrain types are unaffected by moisture pumps, including moving water and deep water.
* [[Soft sand]] is converted to [[sand]].
 
* [[Shallow water]] and [[shallow ocean water]] are converted to [[stony soil]], except in the ice sheet and sea ice [[biome]]s, where they are converted to [[ice]].  
 
  
All other terrain types are unaffected by moisture pumps. Importantly, moisture pumps '''do not''' terraform [[moving water]] and [[deep water]].
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Moisture pumps cannot be manually turned off, and must either have their power source disconnected or be deconstructed to stop them drawing power. Even after reaching their maximum radius, pumps will still draw power.
 
 
Pumps can be built on [[bridge]]s, and will convert tiles under a bridge. However, the bridge must be removed before heavier objects can be placed on the land.
 
 
 
Once the tiles are converted, the change is permanent, and the pump is redundant. Moisture pumps cannot be manually turned off and must either have their power source disconnected or be deconstructed to stop them drawing power. Even after reaching their maximum radius, pumps will still draw power.
 
 
 
[[File:Moisture pump example.png|thumb|center|400px|Inner circle is the radius of water already removed.<br>Outer circle is maximum radius of the pump.]]
 
 
 
== Analysis ==
 
 
 
Moisture pumps are the only way to permanently terraform wet environments. Because they are very slow, planning ahead or building in other areas is required while you wait up to a full year in advance. Moisture pumps may also have to be placed in a location that will need to be defended.
 
 
 
=== Wealthy Terraforming ===
 
 
 
Because moisture pumps instantly terraform the tile they are installed on, a colony can terraform an area quickly by building a large number of moisture pumps, one on each tile. You can alternatively build moisture pumps much closer together (such as 2 tiles apart) and only need to wait for them to expand their radius a few times. This strategy requires an exorbitant amount of [[component]]s and [[steel]].
 
  
 
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