Build an automatic dropper that’s very slow.

You can also make the water stream flow in a loop. Items that aren't picked up should be grabbed on the second pass. Assuming that your item source doesn't have an average rate for any one item that exceeds a hopper rate.

Less resource intensive. Imagine the cost of 8 hoppers compared to 1 bucket with water.

Is there any way to prevent items from flying past the hoppers in a water based item sorting system? I built a water based item sorter loosely based off of Mumbo jumbos hermitcraft design, however a few of the items go past the hopper they were meant to go in. Any immediate thoughts?

Is there any way to prevent items from flying past hoppers in a water based item sorting system?