Is project purity a stupid idea?

[marharth]

I suppose the purpose is to make completely clean water for everyone, but I find it to be pointless...

 

There are water purification methods for vault 101, and the towns, why can't they just do it in small steps like that?

 

 

Am I missing something here? Why don't they just go get the technology from the vault and redesign a system like that?

[ub3rman123]

You're right.. It does seem kind of odd to dismantle a GECK, one of the most valuable resources in a post-apocalyptic world, just to purify water.

[marharth]

I also find it kind of sad a rpg element was, w taken out for the main quest, when the main quest doesn't make much sense :(

 

Good thing we have mods, hated how fallout 3 just ends...

[DarkZerker]

Project Purity was created for the sole purpose to create fresh clean water in limitless quantities. From Fallout lore, even the vault purifier was to run out some time. The GECK however could've removed that problem in its entirety. Now that the Tidal Basin is full of water, civilization has a chance to rebuild again without the problem of having to rely on a flawed water purification system that breaks down easily.

[iavor55]

Because going through this whole big deal thing and destroying\joining up with a huge faction on the way would get ya more facebook\tweeter\myspace comments than just using some plastic tubing and filtration systems!

[TheOriginalEvilD]

You guys are missing the big picture. PP has the ability to purify ALL water that it comes in contact with...it could potentially purify all water everywhere, which basically would fix the entire Earth's water which is a key step in fixing everything else. Plant life could potentially grow again which leads to more food, more animals, etc. If there's clean water to evaporate, then you can get clean rain, which over long enough periods would wash away the radiation (loooooong enough periods). Of course we're talking 200 more years into the future, but it has to start somewhere right?

[ub3rman123]

But Project Purity is only in the DC Basic. UNless they build it in the middle of the mid-Atlantic current, there's no way they could purify it fast enough for the entire world.

[LadyMilla]

Based on the setting of the game, the water was radioactive and unsuitable for drinking, cooking, body hygiene, cleaning, washing, etc. If you look into the future, you will certainly want to reinstall some basic public utilities (for example, public drinking fountains) in order to facilitate the repopulation of the DC area, and eventually, the reconstruction efforts. To rebuild anything, you will need concrete and if you use radioactive water to make concrete, whatever you build will be a bit unhealthy. Restoring vegetation will also require clean water (who wants to eat cabbages that glow in the dark and come with a 'cancer guaranteed' tag. :P ) So Project Purity was actually a good idea: huge amounts of readily available clean water for various uses.

[marharth]

OK let me explain this...

 

1. The water itself is not radioactive, there are small particles in the water that makes it that way, if you use a filter system it can be removed. (as shown in the settlements)

 

2. There is clean water already, its not really as a big of a deal as other things, using a GECK to do this was pretty insane, when a GECK has a much better use.

 

3. Sure project purity could clean a lot of water at once, but if you just clean it a bit at a time it will have the exact same effect...

[LadyMilla]

OK let me explain this...

 

1. The water itself is not radioactive, there are small particles in the water that makes it that way, if you use a filter system it can be removed. (as shown in the settlements)

 

2. There is clean water already, its not really as a big of a deal as other things, using a GECK to do this was pretty insane, when a GECK has a much better use.

 

3. Sure project purity could clean a lot of water at once, but if you just clean it a bit at a time it will have the exact same effect...

 

1. It's pointless arguing about the science because science in Fallout 3 stands on clay legs (television and radio sets use tubes, but there are advanced technology like intelligent robots and stealth devices that are unimaginable without miniaturization). As to radioactivity, If you know the rule of sevens, radioactivity should be well below the safe levels 200 years after the Great War, not counting a few radioactive waste dumps. If you want to reason, you should stay within the 'scientific' framework of the game.

 

2. Where is the clean water? From the story it is apparent that Rivet City is struggling to provide clean water to its residents, everybody is talking about Doctor Li's efforts. Megaton is struggling to keep its water purifier running. In Vault 101 there is only one remaining water chip for their purifier plant. Also, read the Fallout wiki a bit about GECK and apparently it's not that wonderful at all. From what I read there it's more of an agricultural magic wand that is suitable for establishing a livable area for a town-size settlement.

 

3. You can't clean a bit a time for e.g. irrigation, producing concrete in massive amounts. Water from taps and drinking fountains is irradiated (another debatable feature of the game: utilities still working 200 years after the war without maintenance) if you want to ensure that water flowing from those taps and fountains is clean, you should clean it at the source (river).