Talk:Water/@comment-4674838-20111212211515

I'm pretty sure you can get rid of infinite water in your hellevator by doing this: starting at the bottom of the hellevator, place blocks of some sort above you to section off the water so that the amount of water below the blocks is "finite" and will drain into hell and evaporate. Now teleport back to the top of the world and fall down the hellevator again and stand on top of those blocks you just placed. Now place blocks above you so that the amount of water in the section you're standing in is "finite" and remove the bottom blocks, allowing it to drain into hell. Rinse and repeat. You will probably want gills potions/neptune's shell/etc. since you'll be underwater the entire time.

I have not tested this, but I theorycraft that it could work. The infinite liquid thing has to do with the way liquids render in large amounts or over long distances. By allowing only a small amount of liquid to drain at a time and staying in the vicinity, you may be able to drain "finite" amounts until the last amount that remains is itself "finite"