freshwater supply
Drinkable water source
Freshwater supply refers to the available quantity of water from non-saline sources—rivers, lakes, groundwater, and precipitation—suitable for drinking, agriculture, and industry.
Unlike seawater, freshwater contains minimal dissolved salts.
Climate change threatens the freshwater supply in arid regions.
The term often appears in discussions of resource management and scarcity.
- riverLarge flowing watercourse
- river basinLand draining to one waterway
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
- lakeEnclosed body of freshwater
- sanitationCleanliness for public health
reservoir · groundwater · aquifer · watershed protection · rainwater · rain barrel · watershed · pollution control · glacier · melting ice · dam · food production · spring · climate adaptation · pumping station · wildlife habitat · hydroelectric power · wetland
- ecosystem servicespollination, carbon sequestration, climate regulation, air purification, carbon storage
- Water Engineeringdams, levees, canals, aqueducts, spillways
- environmental dataair quality index, climate data, carbon dioxide level, ozone level, weather data
freshwater supplysaltwater
Ocean water, chemically speaking
seawater · saline water · brine · brackish water · the ocean
freshwater supplywater scarcity
Insufficient freshwater for demand
water shortage · drought · water crisis · water stress · desertification
fresh, water, freshwaters, freshly, fresher, freshest, freshen, freshened, freshening