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[Silfurdreki]

I have a temporary fortress in a small valley just by a major river. I've walled off the fortress, since the river and surrounded countryside is overrun with carp and crocodiles. In this small walled of valley, I have a pool that gets water from the river by a channel with a wall grate in it, to keep the carp out.

The problem is that the dwarves simply refuse to drink from the pool. I don't even get cancellation messages, They just won't drink from it. Instead, they rush out to a smaller carp-infested stream to drink, as I open the door to get trade goods out to the trade Depot.

I have zone-only drinking turned on, and I have a designated zone above the pool. I even tried removing zone-only drinking and the zone, but no they still go to the stream.

What am I doing wrong? (except for not having booze  )

[Samus1111111]

well, the zone only stuff is cancelled when it goes against their preferences, and since dwarves prefer moving water to stagnant water, they go to the stream instead of your pool.

I would recommend that if your dwarves are dying due to carp, to make some crossbows and try to kill off the carp, either that or just try to speed up your booze production and get some soon.

[Haedrian]

Or you could try building a well over the pond, dwarves love wells/