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

I have a healthy fear of them and would never swim in fresh or brackish water, nor walk my dog along a lake or canal.

From Washington Post

Honey bees have been found to prefer brackish, “dirty” drinking water over fresh water, likely because of its salt content.

From Science Magazine