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<p>Ziggie: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Biotech}}<br /> {{Infobox main|building<br /> | name = Pollution pump<br /> | image = PollutionPump.png<br /> | description = A groundwater-filtering pump which slowly cleans polluted terrain. The extracted pollution is formed into toxic wastepacks which must be hauled away.<br /> | type = Building<br /> | type2 = Biotech (Buildings)<br /> | placeable = <br /> | path cost = <br /> | passability = impassable<br /> | blockswind = <br /> | cover = <br /> | minifiable = True<br /> | size = 1* 1<br /> | flammability = 0.5<br /> | hp = 200<br /> | beauty = <br /> | power = -200<br /> | terrain affordance = <br /> | research = Electricity<br /> | skill 1 = Construction<br /> | skill 1 level = 3<br /> | work to make = 4000<br /> | resource 1 = Steel<br /> | resource 1 amount = 75 <br /> | resource 2 = Component<br /> | resource 2 amount = 1<br /> | thingCategories = BuildingsMisc<br /> }}<br /> The '''pollution pump''' is a building added by the [[Biotech DLC]] that gradually clears pollution in a radius around itself when powered.<br /> <br /> == Acquisition ==<br /> {{Acquisition}}<br /> <br /> == Summary ==<br /> [[File:Pollution pump radius.jpeg|thumb|left|The radius of the pollution pump]]<br /> When powered, pollution pumps turn [[pollution]] on the ground into [[toxic wastepack]]s. It takes 200 W of [[power]] to function. It has a radius of 10.9 tiles. <br /> It removes 1 tile{{Check Tag|Which?|How is the next tile cleaned selected? Is it random, radially outwards from centre, something else?}}{{Check Tag|Answer|Tile appears to be selected radially counter clockwise moving outwards from the pump, based on one users experience.}} of pollution every {{Ticks|15000}}, or 4 tiles per game-day.<br /> Once 6 tiles of pollution have been removed, it creates a wastepack, or a wastepack every 1.5 days assuming sufficient pollution is in range.<br /> <br /> The wastepacks then have to be managed as normal, lest they dissolve back into pollution.<br /> <br /> Pollution pumps are not considered artificial for purposes such as the [[anima tree]].{{RoyaltyIcon}}<br /> <br /> == Analysis == <br /> {{Stub|section=1|reason=Missing analysis}}<br /> ?<br /> <br /> == Version history ==<br /> * [[Biotech DLC]] Release - Added.<br /> * [[Version/1.4.3531|1.4.3531]] - Radius of the pollution pump increased by 1 so it can reach the edge of the map.<br /> <br /> {{Nav|biotech|wide}}<br /> [[Category:Biotech (Buildings)]]</div>

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