Blackwater

Blackwater

Blackwater may refer to:

*Blackwater Worldwide, a private military contractor and security consulting firm.
** Blackwater USA, former name of Blackwater Worldwide (name change still in transition)
**"", a book by Jeremy Scahill about the firm
*Blackwater river, a classification of river, with waters colored like black tea to coffee
*Blackwater (waste), a term used for sewage containing fecal matter, "cf." greywater
*Blackwater fever, an acute kidney disease characterised by the leakage of blood from the kidneys into the urine, where it has a dark appearance when voided
*"Blackwater" (novelette), a 2006 novelette by Conn Iggulden
*"Black Water", an episode of NCIS, a TV series about the Naval Criminal Investigative Service
* Blackwater (novel), a novel written by American author, C.D. Blizzard

Place names

Australia

*Blackwater, Queensland, a mining town

Canada

*Black Water, Ontario

Republic of Ireland

*Blackwater, County Wexford, a village

United Kingdom

*Blackwater, Cornwall, a village in England
*Blackwater, Dorset, a hamlet in England
*Blackwater, Hampshire, a small town in England
*Blackwater, Isle of Wight, a village on the Isle of Wight, England
*Blackwater Arboretum in Hampshire, England

United States

*Blackwater, Arizona
*Blackwater, Missouri, an historic frontier township
**The Battle of Blackwater, Missouri, an American Civil War engagement
** Blackwater Township, Cooper County
** Blackwater Township, Pettis County
** Blackwater Township, Saline County
*Blackwater, New Mexico
*Blackwater Canyon in West Virginia
**Blackwater Falls State Park at the head of the Canyon
*Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Maryland

Music

*"Blackwater" (Altan album), an album by Altan
*"Blackwater" (MOFRO album), the debut album by the band MOFRO
*"Blackwater" an album by Joe Zawinul
*Blackwater Park, an album by the Swedish band Opeth
*"Blackwaterside", a traditional English folk song. See Black Mountain Side
*"Black Water", a song by The Doobie Brothers
*"Black Water Child", song by folk singer/songwriter Fionn Regan

ee also

*Blackwater River (disambiguation)
*Black Water (film), a 2008 horror film set in Northern Australia


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