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Water that has more salinity than fresh water, but not as much as seawater. It may result from mixing of seawater with fresh water, as in estuaries, or it may occur in brackish fossil aquifers.

Domain: Environment; Category: Land preservation

Wastewater generated from domestic activities such as laundry, dishwashing, and bathing, which can be recycled on-site for uses such as landscape irrigation and constructed wetlands. Greywater ...

Domain: Environment; Category: Land preservation

Ground water, as opposed to surface water, is water that does not run off, and is not taken up by plants, but soaks down into an aquifer; a supply of fresh water under the earth’s surface which forms ...

Domain: Biology; Category: Ecology

Water on the surface of the ground (lakes, rivers, ponds, floodwater, oceans, etc.); precipitation which does not soak into the ground or return to the atmosphere by evaporation or transpiration.

Domain: Environment; Category: Land preservation

Water that had been treated chemically and/or physically to make it suitable for its intended use.

Domain: Environment; Category: Land preservation

Water containing waste including greywater, blackwater or water contaminated by waste contact, including process-generated and contaminated rainfall runoff.

Domain: Environment; Category: Land preservation

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