"River water" refers to the water that flows in a river.
Sentences with «river water»
The screen system — which, unlike a cooling - tower system, still entails heavy cycling of river water — hasn't been installed yet. (politico.com)
And because local people rely on fishing and on river water for drinking, the human impacts of oil pollution could be especially severe. (science.sciencemag.org)
Massive cooling towers then help chill the power plant back down using river water, for example. (scientificamerican.com)