brackish water

"Right where the ship went down just inland, there's a huge lagoon of brackish water and it houses all sort of animals. Coconut crabs, everything. They'll all be affected."

The fish thrive in brackish water, but can also survive in fresh and salt water.

Slow-moving brackish water, threatening to swallow whatever comes near, menaces in the background.

Lujan Grisham, who is entering her second term, praised residents for existing conservation efforts but said New Mexico has to do better and be more creative about tapping what she called “an ocean of brackish water.”

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.