Haha! Actually, Water played a Significant role in the 'trickling out' of the Tombstone Bonanza - they encountered a LOT of it, and the Technology of the day could not cope, or was highly flammable.
I have ZERO trepidation re: ZTEM being "fooled" by water - that would have been a Show-Stopper, no one with a BRAIN gambles on 50/50 odds.