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[Illanair]

So Goblins finally took over my cliffside paradise through a backdoor I had accidentally left open *golfclap* - So I thought I'd give the cold tundra a go. To get that Moria feel if you know what I mean

Swapped my carpenter for another miner and started digging out a small fortress, made farmspace, dug into the nearby river to get ice - then it struck me. How in Armok do I melt the ice and muddy my farms. Not to mention, satisty my thirsty dorfs in terms of a well (Makes me wonder how they brew anything without water in the first place. Must be some thick ale )

I know that Magma could do the trick, but I doubt digging down that far and pumping up the stuff to the surface is feasable (for me atleast) before I run out of foodstuff.

(For the moment I've had to resort to dfhack and spawning water, but that bugs the floortiles I spawn the water on. Not a huge thing, but it feels cheaty. )

[Demki]

You got another option from underground farming, above ground farming, that is, if you have soil there .
Also,  I suggest you dig down to the caverns, there's plenty of muddy soil there.

[Deviled]

Do you have a aquifer?

[Illanair]

@Demki:
I tried that - the creatures living there didn't care much for me trying to wall off a small section for farming. Had to reload my initial save.

@Deviled: Can't believe I didn't think of that. That seems like an quick and easy solution, thanks.

[Ibid Straydrink]

Alternatively, if you also have access to an ocean biome (and with walruses, there is good reason to!) you can use a water pump, which will desalinate the water as long as you pump it into a smoothed room. 

[Double A]

Don't farm in the cavers, pump water up from them. Less chance of nasties getting in. Make sure you use a fortification to strain the water before it enters your pump stack, wouldn't want a FB destroying the bottom one.

Alternatively, if you also have access to an ocean biome (and with walruses, there is good reason to!) you can use a water pump, which will desalinate the water as long as you pump it into a smoothed room.

Nope, it has to be constructed. It also has to be above water level.

You can irrigate with salt water, though.

[Illanair]

It's pure tundra so no luck with surface oceans - But I successfully irrigated a couple of farms using the aquifer as well as a well in case the booze runs out.

[schussel]

It also has to be above water level.

not quite! If you collect the Oceanwater into a cistern first and then draw water from it's bottom level into a special reservior with a diagonal passage, you can pump the water one level up from that smaller room into your constructed reservoir where you build the well above ... the cistern may need a flowout on the toplevel or a closure on the inflow but it works

for a detail refer to axedglided fortress (http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-9810-axeglided) ... the principle there is about drawing from murky pools but in my latest fortress i tapped the ocean and had no issues with this method