Definition of "river-water" [river-water]

• The water of a river, as distinguished from rain-water, springwater, etc. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The new complex will include a smaller river-water plant to reduce the impact on the wildlife in the Hudson, and instead will take much of its electricity from the fuel cells, which use a chemical process to convert natural gas to electricity."
• "A spokesman for the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, the state entity that oversaw both the berm construction and the river-water release, said it is "obvious" that the state's fresh-water releases reduced salinity in the oyster beds."
• "E.g., if I own a factory that fouls the river-water some people need, foreseeing but not positively "intending" the pollution, I can still be held to intend the pollution by omission if it is practically possible for me either to deal with the waste by-products by a safer means or, if not, to earn a living by some other means."