D&D General A Question about Waterdeep - Where does the Drinking Water come from?

[MGibster]

Fantasy people only need about 1 cup of water a day. When was the last time you saw adventurers heading out with three wagons of water kegs? When was the last time you saw them urinate?

Let me tell you about a villain I had named Il Lluvia Dorada and you'll know why I am never allowed to DM for that group ever again...

 

[MGibster]

I remember watching some documentary about the decline of Rome and the narrator mentions something about nobody knowing for sure why the population started to decline. This same documentary mentions the destruction of the aqueducts and I shouted at the television, "Maybe it started to decline when they ran out of #%#%#^ water?!"

 

[Zardnaar]

I remember watching some documentary about the decline of Rome and the narrator mentions something about nobody knowing for sure why the population started to decline. This same documentary mentions the destruction of the aqueducts and I shouted at the television, "Maybe it started to decline when they ran out of #%#%#^ water?!"

Not al of the aqueducts broke and at its lie point more than enough water from the ones that worked.

Theoretically.

Things kinda fell apart and the means or knowledge to main the infrastructure broke down. Starting in the third century.

 

[Azzy]

I’m sure it does, in places. But IRL there are freshwater sources under sea level, near the sea, so I’m sure a geologist could tell us the answer.

Well, according to geologist David Byrne, There is water at the bottom of the ocean, Under the water, carry the water.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Well, according to geologist David Byrne, There is water at the bottom of the ocean, Under the water, carry the water.

Yep, there are also freshwater wells on islands. I doubt they’re staying fresh out of hydraulic pressure. They just don’t have any sea water coming in through the earth around them.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

I guess I’ve always seen the Dessarin Valley as a mix of northern Cali and the Central Valley before the water table was depleted, so I think of it as “breadbasket” territory.

It is Goldenfields in the Dessarin Valley sends most of it’s food to Waterdeep for a good profit.

 

[Bill Zebub]

Magic.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

It is Goldenfields in the Dessarin Valley sends most of it’s food to Waterdeep for a good profit.

I thought so, which is why it was weird to see somewhere that Druids are making food for the city.

 

[Parmandur]

I thought so, which is why it was weird to see somewhere that Druids are making food for the city.

Goldenfields is the Druid operation. They are using magic enhancements to the agriculture already there.

 

[Demetrios1453]

It is Goldenfields in the Dessarin Valley sends most of it’s food to Waterdeep for a good profit.

Actually, the whole area from the Dessarin to the Sea of Swords, and north to around Amphail, is pretty much all farms feeding Waterdeep, and that's theoretically an area large enough to do so under normal circumstances. Goldenfields helps out by making sure that there's an excess (that can be exported) in normal times, and as a safety net during otherwise hard times. And for growing crops/fruits that otherwise wouldn't survive in such a northern climate (that's where the profit comes in).