Fresh water

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-011705",
  "term": "Fresh water",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Fresh Water",
  "definition": "1. Water that generally contains less than 1,000 milligrams-per-liter of dissolved solids.\n\n2. Water resources free from salt that are critical to living organisms; 3 percent of the water on Earth is fresh (the rest is salt water), and 95 percent of fresh water resources are groundwater.\n\n3. Water, such as tap water, that has not been previously used in a process operation or, if the water has been recycled from a process operation, it has been treated and meets the effluent guidelines for chromium wastewater.\n\n4. Water with an average tidal cycle chloride concentration of 250 mg/l or less (corresponding to salinity of 0.45 parts per thousand).",
  "subject": "Health and safety",
  "references": [
    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms; Terms of Environment",
    "Superfund for Students and Teachers Glossary",
    "40 CFR 63.341 (CFR 2018)",
    "Hazard Ranking System Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/fresh-water/"
}