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

"The ship can produce fresh water by desalinating seawater, but that becomes difficult if we are not sailing," he says.

From BBC

Scottish Water said it was arranging fresh water to be brought to Killin by tanker, and door-to-door bottled water deliveries would be carried out on Friday afternoon.

From BBC

There was a pool of fresh water to drink and a waterfall to slide down, and, in a hidden hollow where the grasslands met the white shell beach, there was—“A place for a hut!”

From Literature

Factors that vary widely throughout the region—such as seafloor topography, temperature, salinity and the presence of fresh water from melting ice—can play havoc with sonar signals.

From The Wall Street Journal

"They have not been abandoned. They have everything on the boat -- electricity, fresh water and food," he said.

From Barron's