fresh water

Fresh Water is the debut album by Australian rock and blues singer Alison McCallum, released in 1972. Rare for an Australian artist at the time, it came in a gatefold sleeve. It was re-issued in 1974 under the title Any Way You Want Me in a single sleeve with new artwork.

Fresh water is naturally occurring water on Earth's surface in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, icebergs, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground as groundwater in aquifers and underground streams. Fresh water is generally characterized by having low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. The term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water although it does include mineral-rich waters such as chalybeate springs. The term "sweet water" (from Spanish "agua dulce") has been used to describe fresh water in contrast to salt water. The term fresh water does not have the same meaning as potable water. Much surface fresh water and some ground water are unsuitable for drinking without some form of purification because of the presence of chemical or biological contaminants.

Süßwasser ist das frei verfügbare (also ohne etwa das in Lebewesen gebundene) Wasser, in dem keine oder nur geringste Mengen von Salzen (Salinität von unter 0,1 %) gelöst sind, unabhängig von seinem Aggregatzustand. Der Anteil des Süßwassers am Wasserhaushalt der Erde ist sehr gering. Das Salzwasser der Ozeane dominiert. Süßwasser ist der Lebensraum vieler Lebewesen, ihre Ökologie wird von der Limnologie untersucht.

[Image:Disponibilite eau douce carte 2000.png|thumb|350px|Disponibilité en eau douce, m³ par personne et par an du début des années 2000 ]]