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<blockquote data-quote="jefgorbach" data-source="post: 3300992" data-attributes="member: 28278">You dont say where in the 100' canyon wall the water emerges, but it must be somewhere near the top since it forms a waterfall to the river below before traveling 35-miles to the drain-hole back underground. Sounds like a non-magical approach is needed since the PC's cant create permanent magical effects and wont want to stick around casting spells on the community's behalf indefinantely nor be able to teach the locals how cast it themselves, so how about:1). Simplest way would be sticking a pipe into the hole to divert a portion of the flow the rest of the way to the top using the natural water pressure. Fill a cistern at the top then gravity-pipe it around as needed. 2) Alternately, build a paddle-wheel at the base of the waterfall to power a pulley system lifting the buckets to the top.&nbsp; (depending how the river drains back underground, this could also be done near the drain to power a second pulley-series there to raise water at both ends of the canyon).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jefgorbach, post: 3300992, member: 28278"] You dont say where in the 100' canyon wall the water emerges, but it must be somewhere near the top since it forms a waterfall to the river below before traveling 35-miles to the drain-hole back underground. Sounds like a non-magical approach is needed since the PC's cant create permanent magical effects and wont want to stick around casting spells on the community's behalf indefinantely nor be able to teach the locals how cast it themselves, so how about: 1). Simplest way would be sticking a pipe into the hole to divert a portion of the flow the rest of the way to the top using the natural water pressure. Fill a cistern at the top then gravity-pipe it around as needed. 2) Alternately, build a paddle-wheel at the base of the waterfall to power a pulley system lifting the buckets to the top. (depending how the river drains back underground, this could also be done near the drain to power a second pulley-series there to raise water at both ends of the canyon). [/QUOTE]

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