Aquifer City
Build a town on the High Plains. Every home needs water, and the aquifer under it barely refills. Make it last 30 years.
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Aquifer
Aquifer City
Pick a building below, then tap the map. Link everything to I-40 with roads, cover homes with a water tower, and keep the wells from pumping the aquifer dry.
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The real thing isn't a game: where Amarillo's water comes from · what the City owes
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How it works
- Homes fill with residents when they have a road to I-40, a water tower within 3 tiles, enough power, jobs and a happy town. Residents pay the taxes.
- Wells pump the aquifer. It barely refills, and each well yields less as the water table drops. Start saving water early.
- Pipelines bring in water from elsewhere: $2,500 for the first, more for each one after, plus $50 a month to run. Water rules cut demand by a quarter but annoy residents.
- Borrowing builds faster, but interest comes out of every month. Debt is capped at $8,000.
- The game ends after 30 years, or sooner if the taps run dry for a year, everyone moves away, or the city goes broke. Score: residents, plus how much aquifer you saved, minus debt.
A game, not a record: every number in it is made up. For the sourced figures, see Water and Debt.
