Hydrology Institute, and Water Facility - The Study of Water

Need More Water? Try Completing the Hydrology Institute Quest Line to Unlock a Huge Supply of Water for your City.

This Quest is Available at Level 24

Requires Completion of the Hydrology Institute, .

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Stage 1 - The Study of Water

"Renewable energy sources are all around us!"

• Build a Hydrology Institute Foundation: 

Costs: 220,000 Coins or 2 Megabucks, 10 power and 5 water

Gives: 500 XP and 5,000 population cap increase

• Undertake a Microchip Contract:

Costs: 8,800 Coins and 28 hours to complete

Rewards:
"You're off to a great start! Once the Hydrology Institute is finished, our scientists will be able to tell us a lot about water desalination."

• 110 XP
• 1,250 Coins
• Access to a Stage 2 (?)

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Stage 2 - Preliminary Research

"It's time to start researching desalination and responsible water use. To do this, we'll need to finish building the Hydrology Institute."

• Finish Building the Hydrology Institute:

Requires: 10 x Bitumen, 10 x Floor Slabs, 10 x Tech Drawing

• Buy a Hydro-Electric Power Station Foundation:

Costs: 220,000 Coins or 3 Megabucks, 10 power and 0 water

Gives: 500 XP and 5,000 population cap increase

Rewards:
"Congratulations! The Hydrology Institute is complete, and our scientists are getting to work. The next step: putting theory into practice with a Hydro-Electric Power Station!"

• 150 XP
• 1,500 Coins
• Access to Stage 3 (?)

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Stage 3 - Practical Trials

"In order to put our scientific theories into practice, we'll need to finish building the Hydro-Electric Power Station and set up a Test Chamber."

• Finish Building the Hydro-Electric Power Station:

Requires: 5 x Turbine Blades, 5 x Weather Radar, 5 x Membrane, 10 x Propeller

• Build a Test Chamber:

Costs: 170,000 or 1 Megabucks, 10 power and 5 water
Gives: 450 XP and 3,000 population cap increase

Rewards:
"Terrific! Now our scientists' theoretical proposals will start bringing real life benefits to the residents of Megapolis!"

• 200 XP
• 1,750 Coins
• Access to Stage 4 (?)

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Stage 4 - 

• Buy the Blade Turbine Construction Site:

Costs: 300,000 Coins or 2 Megabucks, 5 power and 0 water

Gives: 500 XP and 2,500 population cap increase

• Complete the Turbulence Modeling Contract:

Costs: 4,000 Coins and 4 hours to complete

Rewards:

• 250 XP
• 2,500 Coins
• Access to Stage 5 (?)

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Stage 5 - 

• Build the Blade Turbine (Level 1):

Requires: 4 x Hydro Insulation, 4 x Tech Drawings, 4 x Turbine Blades

• Upgrade the Institute of Hydrology to the Hydrology Research Institute:

Requires: 10 x Turnstiles, 10 x Test Chambers, 10 x Access Control Systems, 10 x Research Equipment

• Upgrade the Test Chamber:

Requires: 5 x Access and Control Systems, 5 x Hydro Insulation, 5 x Measure and Control System

Rewards:

• 400 XP
• 5,500 Coins
• Access to Stage 6 (?)

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Stage 6 - 

• Complete the Building Pumped-Storage Power Stations Contract:

Costs: 5,000 Coins and 10 hours to complete

• Build a Second Blade Turbine:

Costs: 300,000 Coins or 2 Megabucks, 5 power and 0 water

Gives: 500 XP and 2,500 population cap increase

Rewards:

• 250 XP
• 3,500 Coins
• Access to Stage 7 (?)

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Stage 7 - 

• Upgrade the Second Blade Turbine to Level 1:

Requires: 4 x Hydro Insulation, 4 x Tech Drawings, 4 x Turbine Blades

• Upgrade Both Blade Turbines to Level 2:

Requires: 5 x Hydro Generators, 5 x Generator Spools, 5 x Access and Control Systems (Per Build Site)

Rewards:

• 300 XP
• 4,000 Coins
• Quest Complete! Achievement Unlocked.

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Finishing this Quest Line allows you to continue upgrading to produce up to 2,000 Units of Water. This quest doesn't require a lot of assets and is rather easy to complete. It also a Triple Tiered Achievement.