# Can you fill in shallow water with soil?

**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-fill-in-shallow-water-with-soil/21184
**Category:** The Bunker
**Created:** [August 28, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-fill-in-shallow-water-with-soil/21184 "2019-08-28T17:53:41Z")
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### Author: ![Paul\_Blay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/paul_blay/32/6803_2.png) [@Paul\_Blay](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paul_Blay)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-fill-in-shallow-water-with-soil/21184/1 "2019-08-28T17:53:41Z")

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I dug a water channel, which I turned out not to need anyway, then I tried to fill it in again. Nope. Is there some trick to it, or is it just not possible?

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### Author: ![Trigon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/trigon/32/2668_2.png) [@Trigon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Trigon)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-fill-in-shallow-water-with-soil/21184/2 "2019-08-28T20:13:28Z")

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Normally no there isn’t, so I don’t expect water channels to behave differently if they just convert the tile to shallow water.