brackish water
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Moreover, as I’ve written before, diverting too much freshwater before it gets to the delta to serve downstream farms and urban users allows more brackish water to infiltrate deeper into the delta.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2025
The fish thrive in brackish water, but can also survive in fresh and salt water.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2024
When the pulse of sludge-choked freshwater reached the Dnipro-Bug Estuary, it hammered fish species adapted to brackish water.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 3, 2024
That brackish water is a crucial component in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and advanced drilling techniques that have helped turn New Mexico into the No. 2 oil production state in the U.S.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
The train flew over its pylons, curving toward the center of the trade nexus, speeding over brackish water, bright with leaked waste oil and scrap trash and the stink of chemicals.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
