Ok, for anyone using a dev version, I screwed up quest progression. If you have not yet started, please re-download the link I sent you. If you have, please cheat in a water bottle with NEI. My bad. . This is why they are dev versions and not live.
So as it turns out.. you can put a water bottle into the camel pack via crafting.. You can also extract it if you combine an empty glass bottle with said pack. Which is how I ended up getting my water.