brackish

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Those efforts include expanding the state’s water storage capacity, improving its groundwater recharge capabilities and accelerating wastewater recycling and brackish desalination projects, among other items outlined in Newsom’s Strategy for a Hotter, Drier California.

From Los Angeles Times

Increasing inundation of the soil surrounding the basin exposes the trees to salt water from the brackish Potomac River.

From Washington Post

Children pumped brackish water from the earth to wash clothes as Ahmet shaved his father’s beard with thick white foam.

From New York Times

It offers nowhere for migrating fish to hide, nothing for them to eat as they linger, acclimating to the brackish water.

From Seattle Times

To find these micro-predators, the researchers sampled water from all over the planet, including coral reefs in Curaçao, the bottom of the ocean, the open sea, in fresh water and in salty, brackish water.

From Salon