As Sylvie waited, she put her bare feet in the cold, fresh water of the stream.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

But these actions are polluting an important source of fresh water.

VOA: special.2010.11.10

And the world's insatiable appetite is depleting the planet's fisheries and using up land and fresh water at an alarming rate.

VOA: standard.2010.06.04

Officials want to use that pressure to flush fresh water out into the Gulf of Mexico to keep the oil offshore.

VOA: standard.2010.05.09

"From what I am hearing, the governor general gave the order to open up the locks to push the fresh water out.

VOA: standard.2010.05.09

That is one of our allies is the fresh water holding the oil out in the open water as opposed to coming into the isle marshes and stuff."

VOA: standard.2010.05.09

So far,the answer is no. Even though some of Louisiana's quarter-million hectares of rice farms are located within shouting distance of bespoiled marshes, rice ponds rely on fresh water from wells and rainfall - not saltwater that,even without oil, would kill tender plants.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

"You see the river is a tree line, and all this is basically fresh-water marsh."

VOA: standard.2010.05.09