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[Slackratchet]

I ran out of beer and had two miners drop dead of thirst rather than drink from a murky pool. I don't recall this being normal.

[DarthCloakedDwarf]

They probably karoshi'd. It's a bug.

[cakeonslaught]

Is it designated as a water source? Are your dwarves set to "zone-only drinking"? My dwarves drank from a pool once, but it took them forever so i think it might be bugged.

[Slackratchet]

Yea, it's a water source but come to think of it they wouldn't use it to fill buckets either.

[TheyTarget]

I'd say its inaccessible, or salt water. If your at the ocean. All the waters salt.

[thobal]

what water level was it? because I dont think they'll drink from 0/7.

[foop]

I'd say its inaccessible, or salt water. If your at the ocean. All the waters salt.

I've had salt water in murky pools at embark on sites quite far from the ocean (or at least with no ocean tiles on the local map).  However, I've always had the warning about lack of drinkable water before embarking.

[blackmagechill]

I ran out of beer

Your problem and reason of death are the same. In the U.S colonies on the sea they only drank beer because it was all saltwater!

[Hyndis]

Murky, muddy, and stagnant water is drinkable, but gives dwarves unhappy thoughts and they really try to avoid drinking it unless they're going to die of thirst.

Salt water isn't drinkable at all.

Dwarves prefer clean, flowing water to drink from, such as a brook, and they like to drink from it out of a well. Running water through a pump also purifies the water.

To ensure you always have good water just create a small cistern, completely lined with block floors and walls. I prefer rock blocks, but glass is fine. Rough stone is undwarvenly. Wood is downright elven.    Then create a pump that pumps into the cistern. The pump purifies the water and the lined cistern keeps the water pure. As dwarves don't drink that much water you don't need to hook it up to a machine, just have a dwarf pump for a few seconds every year and he'll keep it topped off for you.