fresh water

American  

noun

1. water that does not contain a large amount of salt.

2. inland water, as ponds, lakes, or streams, that is not salt.

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Etymology

Origin of fresh water

before 900; Middle English; Old English

Example Sentences

It primarily uses fresh water from a reservoir and two tanks, but it also has pumping stations and equipment capable of drawing salt water from San Francisco Bay if necessary.

From Los Angeles Times

Hikers often carry the drops, or tablets, using small amounts to make quarts of fresh water potable.

From Salon

He recalled that he and his friends had been herding cattle near the Mauritanian border, and had stopped by a well to get fresh water when they saw a cloud of dust in the distance.

From BBC

It also requires large amounts of land and fresh water, both of which are increasingly strained by climate change and human activity.

From Science Daily

Eventually she drifted off out of sheer exhaustion, and did not wake again until Margaret tiptoed into her bedchamber with a jug of fresh water for the washbasin.

From Literature