Fluid Intake
Draws fresh water into the pipe network.
The intake needs a full cube of water at least three blocks deep directly beneath it, and it stops drawing if another intake sits within six blocks of another one, which is closer than it looks over a small pond. It draws on its own once a pump downstream is pulling from it; nothing about it needs a network already at pressure.
See Steam and boilers.

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| any Hammer (tool, not consumed) | ||
| Plate (Iron or Steel) | any Plated Piping (Straight) | Plate (Iron or Steel) |
| Nails and strips (Iron or Steel) x 2 | Plate (Iron or Steel) | Nails and strips (Iron or Steel) x 2 |
| Fluid Intake | ||
Needs: 1 any Plated Piping (Straight), 3 Plate (Iron or Steel), 4 Nails and strips (Iron or Steel), a Hammer (kept); makes 1 Fluid Intake
Amounts are the mod's defaults; the recipe-cost level changes them (see recipe cost levels).