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[Soadreqm]

I started a fort on an island, confident that the dwarves could survive a few seasons drinking water. And a bit later everyone was thirsty, and a bit later dehydrated, and then I got a message that the fort had crumbled to its end. I expected the sea and the aquifer to be salty, but the murky pool water comes from rain. Am I doing something wrong, or can pools be saltwater? Also, would a request to change that belong to the suggestions or bug reports, and has it been made before?

[Fossaman]

At the moment, all water on maps that have saltwater is salty. I understand there are some tricks with wells and constructed reservoirs that you can do that will help, but I don't know much about them.

Honestly, the easiest way around this is brewing. You'll need lots of barrels, but it's well worth it.

[Croquantes]

If you pump water, it becomes fresh water. So I just dig a wide channel from the ocean to my fortress, stick some pumps at the end of the channel, and build some walls around them. Easy fresh water resevoir.

[Jude]

You also have to make sure that after the water gets pumped, it never touches a natural wall - you have to make your reservoir out of all constructed walls and floors.