when I needed water in a survival situation.

Track animals on game trails  they will always lead you to water
pull your socks off wrap them around your legs and walk through a meadow in early morning..the dew will stick or saturate your socks you can then squeeze it out

dogs are great tools, but have to be trained.  Have you trained your dog to sniff out water? 

cactus is the best source of water in my area. Not only that, it is high in vitamins and minerals, like my "pine needle" tea. The prickly pear it self is a good source of fructose as well. Cactus are everywhere, and in west Texas, have been a large source of water and nutrition to animals in severe drought. It is hardy, grows well, and is very common due to most animals not being able to eat it.

Word of the wise..... some cactus contain another defense, a hallucinogen. So, know your cactus...and save your water source!!

some of the old heads around here say you can use a peach tree fork and it will find it for you.....hold it lightly in your hands and it will dip over water

oh, I see. Ok, yeah I have seen a lot of those. Not too much where I am at, unless they are in somebodies yard. I see a lot of saguaro in my general area, up by the mountain. I really got get out there man, and start finding this stuff. Could come in handy. How are they as a water supply? Can you get water from them, or do you need to dig to get to it?

SWEET! Yeah, I don't mess with the snakes. I kill them with a gun. Unless I'm in city limits and people are looking at me like I'm some kind of a looney. But damnit they are faster than me, and I really don't like getting that close to have to kill them with a shovel. Good, to know. Thanks for the tips, and I am glad that I asked. Woot. Something learned already this morning. So no matter what it will be a good productive day.

... though its an old topic i said i give it a push ... 

... almost in every environment moisture is present , in humid places watergathering should not be a problem,  plants will either provide or guide us to where water is , in a more dry places though, moisture is also there but in particular time  ... after sunset its when animals go to drink and we go harvesting ...
 

... all we need is our cup , one piece of synthetic cloth or a piece of plastic bag or something similar 10'' x 10''  , our knife,  4 medium sized stones ( like a medium hand fist ) and 1 small one ( wallnut size )  ....

... from the previous afternoon we dig a hole in the ground  something like 5''-6'' wide, 7''-8'' deep ... before hitting the shack we put our cup inside the hole ... we cover the hole with the cloth and we secure the four sides with the 4 medium stones then we place carefully the small one in the middle of the cloth so that it makes a short of crater and we let it rest for the night ... 

... next morning, depending to the air moisture, we 'll propably collect something like 1/2 to 3/4 of a cup ... you don't get drowned in it but, ... you have a cup of water ... and dry socks ...  ( moisture  evaporated from the ground is forming water drops on the "under" surface of the synthetic cloth which joined together are slowly recede donwards to the peak of the upside down pyramid formed from the cloth and stone above our cup, an finally in it ... plain everyday physics )



... please give it a try and tell us if it worked for you ... i did it and works ... we can make also a small filter ...  inside a piece of cotton cloth ( our scarf maybe ) we place a cotton ball from our survival kit  and we pour the water through that to our canteen or water bottle

 additionally and there is some vegitation we can use our scarf ( everyone  should carry one along in the field , light, cotton or microfiber wrapped around the neck covers your full head if necessary, takes sweat away during the day and the bugs at night .... and you can use it in various ways AND to collect water in a "similar" way our friend described using socks  ... ) 

... ofcourse there are a lot of different ways to collect water but the above mentioned seems to me  usefull in all terain ... for replacing fluid generaly we can use in certain occasions if needed, the blood of our hunt