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[mutant mell]

I've recently downloaded this game, and it looks quite amazing.  I've been playing through the first few months a couple times, but I've yet to get a solid feel for the game (like last time, while digging channels, I incapacitated two of my miners), and I haven't truly figured out how flood gates and some other things work yet.  I have a couple questions, mostly about the wells.

1. I mostly am embarking to flatter, woodsy places, and am having trouble figuring out how to make a well properly.  The problem mostly comes from I don't know how to redirect water from the brook/river without killing some dwarfs or flooding my entire fortress.

2. Is there an easy-ish way to make an underground reservoir?

3.  I've seen some above-ground fortresses with walls around them; is there a way to do this besides b -> C -> w for each and every square?

Thank you in advance.

[PTTG??]

Welcome to the DF fourms!
1: As of v.33e, water finds it's own level. I discovered this myself in a messy situation. There are a few ways around this. I either build on the water's level or use buckets and the 'pond' system to build a reservoir where I want it (for that see below). See the Wiki for a lot of information about that, and just about everything else.
2:For ponds, pits, reservoirs, meeting halls, and several other functions, you need the activity zones menu, using the 'i' key. You can place these like a stockpile and set a number of different types. See nullthis page for details.
3: If, only, if only...
should be sometime in the future.

Again, welcome to DF!

[Xort]

A good way to safely access water is to dig out a tunnel right upto your water source then go up a Z level and use the dig channel (d--h IIRC) to dig out the last tile and connect them together.