Fertilizer maker makes a reserve of polluted water but does not use it if pipe is empty

Every single end of the line pipe consumer has this bug but only the hydrogen generator and the water purifier (which it really doesn't need) have the one line fix. This has been known for at least a month and I do wonder why they haven't patched it already.
 

I also have this problem.

Edit: I fixed the additional problem below when I realized I had built the valve on top of the existing pipe, which looked fine but it did not like. I deconstructed the pipe and rebuilt the valve. Now it works.

but when I built the valve and set it to a small value, nothing gets through the pipe. I see packets travel up the pipe for a bit and then turn around before getting to the valve.

It's possible it's because the liquid is turning from horizontal to vertical travel (physically up, that's where it turns around), but I haven't seen other liquid behave this way before, only after i set the valve.

Edited May 24, 2017 by DsnowMan