what size of piping do you use? in my experience I’m having to use tiny copper pipes for direct input to things like brass turbines or i risk too much steam flow. bronze pipes tend to give just a little too much steam in my books but it depends what you’re pumping into.
my factory is quite inefficient in its distilled water production as I just have a roaster processing water on a liquid burning box burning the excess creosote my coke ovens make.