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[FritzPL]

When I ever try to embark near the ocean,it tells me that its with salt water,hard to survive etcetecetetc.

If I embark on both a river and ocean,will the river have the drinkable water?

/poor english

[Marsunpaistii]

Try it out. Just embark and place a water source zone on the river. If the numbers in the brackets in the water source are more than 0, the water is drinkable. For example; Water source (13) = drinkable, water source (0) not.

[Dorf3000]

If it warns about salt water at embark then the whole surface water will be salt water, including the pools and rivers.  I think water from the caverns should be fresh though.  Salt water isn't such a big problem because dwarves will drink booze and only wounded dwarves specifically need water.  Just don't run out of plump helmets to brew..

[Dutchling]

If you know how to farm and brew booze you do not need water.
Only injured dwarves, prisoners and sentient animals (tigermen) need water
Inured dwarves can have water from a well, and dwarves drink salt water from a well
Prisoners can be tied to a chain instead of put in a cage ad that way you can put a booze stockpile next to him
tiger men can drink water from the cavern (not from the well) so that should be ok

[CapnUrist]

From my experience, any embark location within 1 tile on the region map (the center map at the embark screen) of any salty body of water will have salt water throughout its natural water sources; that includes rivers, murky pools, aquifers, and maybe even cavern water (not certain). However, salt water is easily made potable, either by drawing it from a well or building an artificial reservoir and screw-pumping the water into it (it has to be completely constructed; touching a tile of natural stone or soil will revert the water to salty again).