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[My Urist Eternal]

Pretty sure the LNP will let you turn aquifers off.

I've tried that a few times but it doesn't seem to work. I'm using the Mac version. There are aquifers in newly generated worlds even though I've launched with Aquifers: No.

[My Urist Eternal]

Sure, try this one, which features:
sand
steel-friendly (has limestone, coal, and three iron bearing ores)
surface river

Thanks, this sounds like what I'm looking for (even though I don't completely understand what some of that even means). I'll give it a try.

[sal880612m]

I have never used it myself but after mentioning it here I wonder if it stopped the generation of aquifers and figured that seemed unlikely as you would need to generate a new world to see that behavior and none of the other options in the same place require new world generation. I came to the conclusion that if it does anything, and as I have said I have never tried, it makes aquifers not act like aquifers. So the world still in effect has them but they just don't behave as ordinary stone when the option is selected.

[Dirst]

I have never used it myself but after mentioning it here I wonder if it stopped the generation of aquifers and figured that seemed unlikely as you would need to generate a new world to see that behavior and none of the other options in the same place require new world generation. I came to the conclusion that if it does anything, and as I have said I have never tried, it makes aquifers not act like aquifers. So the world still in effect has them but they just don't behave as ordinary stone when the option is selected.

When you turn off aquifers in LNP, it zips through the raw files and alters any [AQUIFER] tags to !AQUIFER! tags.  The former tells the world generator that a stone can contain an aquifer, the latter is meaningless and thus ignored.  If you switch aquifers back on, LNP reverses the original swap.

The important take-away is that this only affects worlds generated after you pick the option.

[My Urist Eternal]

When you turn off aquifers in LNP, it zips through the raw files and alters any [AQUIFER] tags to !AQUIFER! tags.  The former tells the world generator that a stone can contain an aquifer, the latter is meaningless and thus ignored.  If you switch aquifers back on, LNP reverses the original swap.

I am not sure exactly what that means, but I do know the the worlds I generate with Aquifers:Off still say that locations have aquifers during the embark process. I use the MacNewbie pack. Also I have only recently begun playing DF, so I could be wrong about anything and everything.

[GavJ]

You can also just use DFHack to remove all aquifers after embarking. Which does not require thinking ahead.

[pisskop]

Or you could utilize the awesome power that is infinite water from above.  two things I love doing with aquifers are Trading Hall wells and drowning chambers.  And they practically impenetrable to the invaders.  Heck, you have enough of a time getting in yourself.

[WaffleEggnog]

I always keep aquifers on for the challenge of passing them
Much more fun than just digging down and making a fort like some scrub.
They can also generate infinite power with waterwheels if you use them correctly. Which is nice.

[Skuggen]

Short history because I like it when engravings are about stuff that I've done/experienced, plus it gens much faster.
Generally turn aquifers off because I find them more annoying than interesting.
Other than that I generally don't mess around too much with the settings, other than a few times where I've made cold worlds with lots of volcanoes.