Fresh Water

It also includes 403 fresh-water species in the Southeast, 42 tiny springsnails in Nevada's Great Basin and 32 mollusks in the Pacific Northwest. ❋ Kieran Suckling (2011)

The Okaloosa darter roams the base's fresh-water streams, though "roams" might be a bit of an exaggeration when discussing an endangered species. ❋ Ralph Gardner Jr. (2011)

To combat coastal erosion, which claims 25-35 square miles of land a year in Louisiana, the state and the Corps of Engineers have built fresh-water diversion projects along the Mississippi meant to mimic the natural flooding action of the river. ❋ Douglas McCollam (2011)

Muskellunge in fresh-water and yellow fin tuna in salt-water. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As Stanley Patterson said to his wife, where the two of them lolled wet in the sand by the tiny fresh-water stream that the Bartons waded in order to gain the Outrigger Club beach: ❋ Unknown (2010)

My room, #28, was really a two-room suite in a wee pastel cottage that fronted a fresh-water pool shared by just a few other cottages. ❋ Jeanine Barone (2011)

They've diversified, from terrestrial ancestors, to take advantage of fresh-water and marine environments, and many species (mostly within the Superfamily Testudinoidea) have returned to dry land, and include the modern tortoises and box turtles. ❋ Greygirlbeast (2010)

Also, there was the small matter of a roof leak during a rainstorm somewhere around Bloomsburg, Pa., and the more significant issue that our fully filled fresh-water tank mysteriously went dry without us having washed a single dish, or even used the lavatory, let alone taken a long, leisurely shower. ❋ Ralph Gardner Jr. (2011)

Kimimasa Mayama/EPA Sasaki, 61, a shijimi common fresh-water clam fisherman, finds his truck among debris. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The world's population, which was two billion at the start of the 20th century, is forecast to increase to nine billion people by 2050, while fresh-water supplies remain flat. ❋ Geraldine Amiel (2010)

While trying to lend a helping hand to Japan, the Russian government has also taken measures to prepare for the potential impact of the accident at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant NPP on Russia's Far East, including even use of fresh-water mussels into the water supply system of the city of Vladivostok. ❋ Simon Saradzhyan (2011)

Sheldon slipped inside with the telescope, and through the screen-door watched her run up the path, shaking down her hair as she ran, to the fresh-water shower under the house. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Democrats don't necessary oppose the project; however they argue that the plans for the pipeline may need to be rerouted to avoid going through environmentally sensitive areas, including fresh-water reserves. ❋ Meredith Bagby (2011)

Water authorities in Vladivostok said fresh-water mussels installed in the city's water-purification plant to detect heavy-metal pollution also protect against radiation. ❋ Gregory White (2011)

A second child has died this month from a fresh-water amoeba infection. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Some suggest that these could be fresh-water seals, like those found in Quebec at Seal Lake. ❋ Unknown (2009)

With no fresh-water sources in the Arabian desert, Chevron has been forced to use salt water found in the same underground reservoirs as the oil. ❋ Ben Casselman (2011)

"[What is] fresh water" "[Well], you're [saying] it" ❋ Notarealperson111 (2021)

[Hey bud], [don't step] on the [endangered] fresh water jellyfish swimming in the shower or you'll get a fine. ❋ Jonny5000 (2009)

"Dude, [go ahead and] use my shower but I know you haven't been laid for a while. I better not find any fresh-water jellyfish in there later." "I would never do such a thing, mate. I'm offended you would suggest it... Any [baby oil] in the [medicine cabinet]?" ❋ JT Amish (2009)

But lately, a ...school of skeptics who think the Government usually just gums things up is gaining attention and influence. [The skeptics] are known as the "fresh water school," less for the purity of their thought than for their origins at universities along the shores of the Great Lakes. "'Fresh Water' Economists Gain," *[New York Times]*, [23 July] 1988 ❋ Abu Yahya (2009)

Some fucker left a [fresh water] shark in the bowl. John is sure to watch out for fresh water [sharks] when [water skiing]. ❋ The Steiny (2007)

[Fresh water whales] can't [play basketball] in water or [land]. ❋ John Dogood (2014)

“I don’t think [he’s] [the one] that will [win] her fresh water pearl” ❋ Biff Beltsander (2008)

“[Your such a] [fresh water fish]!” ❋ Eden Boyce (2020)

Look at that kid from [Ohio], [singing] [No Woman No cry], he's such a Fresh Water Rasta. ❋ Bluealmondhostel (2014)

1. Dog i just went up to the store, and bought me some [shinin'] jewelry and it looks as if I jumped [up out] [that water] 2. I've started lifting now because before I looked so small like I was fresh out the water. ❋ McGoo (703) Ya Know The Name (2008)