Acre foot of water: the amount of water needed to cover a football field.

Aquifer: a layer of rock or earth that holds groundwater.

Brackish water: water that has a high salt content and cannot be used for drinking or household use without treatment.

Desalination: the process the removes salt from brackish water or seawater.

Effluent: liquid waste or sewage discharged into water.

Ephemeral waters: water the flows temporarily in response to rain and snow melt.

Floodplain: a flat area of land next to a river or stream that is prone to flooding when the river overflows.

Intermittent waters: water the flows seasonally when they receive water from groundwater, snow melt, or rain.

Perennial waters: water that flows year-round

Potable: water that can be used for bathing, cleaning, or drinking.

Produced "water": waste containing water, fluids, and chemicals that is created during oil and gas production.

Water infrastructure: a system that cleans, gather, or moves water, including features found in nature like forests, rivers, wetlands and people-made systems like treatment plants, pipes and faucets in homes, reservoirs and more.

Water quality: measures if our water is clean and healthy.

Water quantity: the amount of water in our rivers, lakes, and streams

Watershed: the area of land that drains water through creeks, streams, and rivers to a common outlet such as lake reservoir, or bay.

Wetlands: areas of land that are either covered with water or saturated with water, such as a marsh, swamp, or both.