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Toxic Spill
SimCity 2000

Toxic Spill

Learn how to deal with toxic spills in SimCity 2000. Police dispatches are effective, but preventing polluting industries is key.

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Learn how to deal with toxic spills in SimCity 2000. Police dispatches are effective, but preventing polluting industries is key.

Toxic spills can occur randomly in SimCity 2000. Their presence is more likely if your city has a lot of polluting industries and power plants. They tend to flow downhill, but follow a randomly determined path on level terrain. They appear as gray clouds and will cause any building they touch to become abandoned.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Monitor your city for gray clouds, which indicate toxic spills.
  2. 2
    Dispatch police to the location of the toxic spill.
  3. 3
    Observe as the police dispatches work to end the spill.
  4. 4
    Identify and address the source of the spill, such as polluting industries or power plants, to prevent future occurrences.
Tips
  • Police dispatches are particularly effective at putting an end to toxic spills.
  • Fixing the cause of the spills, like reducing polluting industries and power plants, is crucial to prevent them from happening again.

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