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[Zaius]

Ok, so I'm a few versions out of date. Haven't kept a fort running decently since 40d.

Struggling to create plaster, but that's no big problem.

Bigger problem, I've settled in an evil area, and it seems to rain slime 23 out of every 24 hours a day. Walking through the thick coating of slime makes the dwarfs unhappy, tired/dizzy, and makes them bleed (despite no injuries visible).
So I've built a roof over a section of the Brook and ponds, giving access to fish and water (both marked as Zones) without horrible slime. I have booze. And yet, all of my dwarfs are running through half a mile of the map to reach one specific spot on the brook to drink the water.

Any ideas why?

[FrisianDude]

Not really, but have you created water/fishing zones on the brook beneath the roof?

[Zaius]

I did.

Just discovered something... A third of along the way across the map, the brook changes from water to stagnant water. There is nothing blocking it, it just stops being fresh.

Drilling into the fresh half to direct fresh water to fort now.

[Garath]

also, after setting the zones:

(o)rders, (z)ones, (f) and (w) to change from 'zone = prefered' to 'only from zone'.

[slothen]

stagnant water is a permanent flag on a tile, and it permanently marks other tiles as stagnant when it touches other tiles with water.  your best bet is to ignore the stagnant tag and build a well over the stagnant water in the area where you've put up a roof.

If you're still having problems, find water in the cavern layers and build a well (they can reach down multiple z-levels).