Water as a mineable resource

[Bokth]

In a 7x5 lake you can fit 8 pumps...9600 water/sec. I know it's only good for 14 distance then drops to 7200/sec which is still a lot.

I think it would be neat if offshore pumps worked similar to oil fields but the rate never decreases as long as the size remains the same. Land filling the lake or making a land bridge across it decreases size and therefore total value.

It just seems unrealistic some of these lakes are 1000s of miles deep and would make transporting water in our new fluid wagons a thing. Does anyone ever move water that way? I never have