water

Water is a liquid which can be infinitely extracted from water tiles using an offshore pump. In Space Age, water can also be produced by a chemical plant by condensing steam or melting ice. After being pumped or produced it is distributed via pipes.

Water can be used to generate electricity by converting it to steam via boilers or heat exchangers. The specific heat capacity of water is 2kJ / Δ°C / unit. However, one unit of water converts to ten units of steam, which has a heat capacity of 200J / Δ°C / unit. That is, it takes 200 joules to heat one unit of steam by one degree Celsius. Water is also used as an ingredient in various recipes.

Surface water acts as an obstacle that cannot normally be traveled over. A spidertron can reach across water if another bit of land is sufficiently close, and wearing mech armor allows the player to fly over water.

Raw fish are spawned in water tiles during world generation only, and do not reproduce naturally. Water tiles can be removed completely by placing landfill over them. Pollution will turn nearby water green, which is a visual-only effect (the effect can be turned off by disabling animated water in the graphics settings). The color changes relative to the current amount of pollution around it, so decreasing pollution purifies the water.