Sponge Upgrades!!

There is NOTHING as annoying as clearing out large bodies of water. Make sand walls, place sponges, remove and dry sponge, rinse & repeat. I suggest introducing a factor to the NBT data of sponges, being their dry-out radius. This could range from 1-8, and could be increased similar to ice and its compacted variants. Put 4 sponges in a crafting table to get a sponge with an increased radius by 1 block. Can be repeated up to a radius of 8 blocks.