Hi, the water barrel ingredient seems weird considering that you can only build next to water, so there's no need to transport it. IMO stone or concrete should be used instead: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal#Features

Depending on the stratum the canal passes through, it may be necessary to line the cut with some form of watertight material such as clay or concrete.

I have to agree with this, I think that makes more sense than the water barrel as well. I do like that this mod requires more than just 1 explosive, but the water barrel doesn't exactly make the most sense.

Also, what else is different about this mod from CanalBuilder? Is this the only difference?

@bigjmoney

Also, what else is different about this mod from CanalBuilder? Is this the only difference?

There's a pretty big difference between this mod and my version (which is just the original mod updated) - this mod uses shallow water, which is built in to the game, instead of the janky script the original mod has that lags the game when too many biters cross water...

Oh yeah, and from my version on there's a setting to adjust the amount of explosives needed