Blackwater or Black Water may refer to:

Health and ecology

* Blackwater (coal), liquid waste from coal preparation *

Blackwater (waste) Blackwater in a sanitation context denotes wastewater from toilets, which likely contains pathogens which may spread by the fecal–oral route. Blackwater can contain feces, urine, water and toilet paper from flush toilets. Blackwater is distin ...

, wastewater containing feces, urine, and flushwater from flush toilets * Blackwater fever, an acute kidney disease *

Blackwater river A blackwater river is a type of river with a slow-moving channel flowing through forested swamps or wetlands. As vegetation decays, tannins leach into the water, making a transparent, acidic water that is darkly stained, resembling black tea ...

, a classification of river with dark-colored waters

Places

Blackwater, Queensland Blackwater is a rural town and locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Blackwater had a population of 4,702 people. It is a town in a significant coal mining area in Central Queensland. The name of the township ...

, a coal mining area in Australia * Blackwater, Ontario, a community in the Township of Brock, Ontario, Canada * Blackwater, County Wexford, a rural village in Ireland

United Kingdom

Blackwater, Cornwall Blackwater () is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in the parish of St Agnes between Truro and Redruth. The village lies on the old course of the A30 north of the current course which bypasses it. The village has a p ...

, a village * Blackwater, Dorset, a small hamlet *

Blackwater, Hampshire Blackwater is a town in the northeastern corner of Hampshire, England, lying in the county's Hart District. Considered to be part of the Farnborough/Aldershot Built-up Area and nearly contiguous to Camberley, Surrey, it is centred WSW from Lo ...

, a small town **

Blackwater railway station Blackwater railway station is a railway station in Blackwater, a town on the borders of Hampshire, Surrey and Berkshire in England. The station is managed by Great Western Railway, who provide services on the North Downs Line from Reading ...

* Blackwater, Isle of Wight, a village **

Blackwater railway station (Isle of Wight) Blackwater railway station was a station at Blackwater, Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. History Located in the centre of the island on the A3020 road, it was an intermediate station on the line from Newport to Sandown S ...

, a former station * Blackwater Reservoir, a reservoir in the Scottish Highlands

United States

* Blackwater, Arizona, a census-designated place in Pinal County *

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge The Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1933 as a waterfowl sanctuary for birds migrating along the critical migration highway called the Atlantic Flyway. The refuge is located on Maryland's Eastern Shore, just south of C ...

, a waterfowl sanctuary in Maryland *

Blackwater, Missouri Blackwater is a city in northwest Cooper County, Missouri, United States located along the Blackwater River, from which it takes its name. The population was 162 at the 2010 census. Many parts of Blackwater's commercial and residential distric ...

, a city * Blackwater, New Mexico, a power exchange between Texas and New Mexico *

Blackwater Dam Blackwater Dam is a dam in the town of Webster, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. The earthen dam was constructed in 1941 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers with a height of and long at its crest. It impounds the Blackwater River for ...

, a flood control dam in New Hampshire *

Blackwater Draw Blackwater Draw is an intermittent stream channel about long, with headwaters in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, about southwest of Clovis, New Mexico, and flows southeastward across the Llano Estacado toward the city of Lubbock, Texas, where i ...

, an archaeological site in New Mexico and a dry watercourse that extends across the Llano Estacado, Texas *

Blackwater Canyon Blackwater Canyon is a rugged, heavily wooded, long gorge carved by the Blackwater River in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia, USA. For many years, it has been the object of controversy as environmental activists have contended w ...

, a gorge in West Virginia

Rivers

Black Water (Conon) The Black Water (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Alltan Dubh) is a river in the Highlands of Scotland. It begins at the confluence of the Glascarnoch River with the Abhainn Srath a' Bhàthaich, near where it is crossed by the Black Bridge, carrying the A83 ...

, a river in the highlands of Scotland * Blackwater River (Kerry), a river in County Kerry *

River Blackwater, County Cavan The River Blackwater ( ga, Abhainn Dubh) rises in the Cuilcagh Mountains, in the townland of Gowlan, Parish of Killinagh, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan. It then flows in a south-east direction and ends in Ballymagauran Ballymcgovern (, h ...

, a river in the north-west of County Cavan, Ireland *

Munster Blackwater The Blackwater or Munster Blackwater ( ga, An Abhainn Mhór, The Great River) is a river which flows through counties Kerry, Cork, and Waterford in Ireland. It rises in the Mullaghareirk Mountains in County Kerry and then flows in an easterly ...

, a river in the counties of Kerry, Cork, and Waterford, Ireland, also known as Blackwater *

River Blackwater (Northern Ireland) The River Blackwater or Ulster Blackwater is a river mainly in County Armagh and County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It also forms part of the border between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, flowing between Counties Tyrone and Mona ...

, a river which runs through County Armagh and County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, as well as County Monaghan, Ireland

Film and television

* ''Black Water'' (2007 film), an Australian horror/thriller film * ''Black Water'' (2018 film), an action thriller starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren * "Blackwater" (''Game of Thrones''), an episode of ''Game of Thrones'' * "Black Water", an episode of '' NCIS''

Books

* ''Blackwater'', a 1983 serial horror novel by Michael McDowell * ''Black Water'' (novella), a 1992 novella by Joyce Carol Oates * ''Blackwater'' (novel) or ''Händelser vid vatten'', a 1993 novel by Kerstin Ekman * '' Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army'', a 2007 book by Jeremy Scahill * ''Black Water'', a 2004 novel by D.J. MacHale in the '' Pendragon: Journal of an Adventure through Time and Space'' series *

Black Water (memoir) ''Black Water: Family, Legacy, and Blood Memory'' is a memoir written by David A. Robertson, published September 22, 2020 by HarperCollins. Plot In ''Black Water'', Robertson explores his family history as he came to know and connect with his C ...

, a 2020 memoir by David A. Robertson

Arts

Stratovarius Stratovarius is a Finnish power metal band that formed in 1985. Since their formation, they have released sixteen studio albums, five DVDs and six live albums. In its history, the band has gone through many chaotic lineup changes, and after fo ...

or Black Water, a Finnish power metal band * ''Black Water'', a monodrama for soprano and piano by Jeremy Beck, based on the novella by Joyce Carol Oates

Albums

* ''Blackwater'' (Altan album), a 1996 Celtic music album ** ''Blackwater'' (Altan sampler), a sampler taken from the album * ''Black Water'' (Kris Drever album) (2006) * ''Blackwater'' (MOFRO album) (2001) * ''Black Water'' (Tinashe album) (2013) * ''Black Water'' (Blu Mar Ten album), a 2007 album by

Blu Mar Ten Blu Mar Ten is a music production outfit based in London, and is made up of Chris Marigold and Michael Tognarelli. History Blu Mar Ten's first track to be released was "The Fountain" / "Lunar" in 1996 on Way Out Records. The track appeared on ...

* ''Black Water'' (Rudresh Mahanthappa album), a 2002 album by

Rudresh Mahanthappa Rudresh Mahanthappa (born May 4, 1971) is a New York-based jazz alto saxophonist and composer. Biography Mahanthappa is the son of Indian emigrants to the U.S. He was born in Trieste, Italy as a result of his father's job in academia, but spent ...

* ''Black Water'', a 1989 album by Joe Zawinul

Songs

* "Black Water" (song), a song by the Doobie Brothers * "Black Water", a song by Of Monsters and Men from '' Beneath the Skin'' * "Blackwater", a song by

Rain Tree Crow ''Rain Tree Crow'' is the sole album released by English band Rain Tree Crow, a reunion project by the members of the new wave band Japan. Recorded in 1989 and 1990 and released in April 1991, it was the first time that members David Sylvian, ...

from ''Rain Tree Crow''

Video gaming

* ''Blackwater'' (video game), a first-person shooter video game based on the company Blackwater Worldwide * Blackwater, West Elizabeth, a fictional city in the ''Red Dead'' series * Blackwater Industries, a fictional intergalactic company in '' Space Colony''

Fiction

* Blackwater Bay, a fictional body of water alongside King's Landing in ''A Song of Ice and Fire''

Companies

Blackwater (company) Blackwater was an American private military company founded on December 26, 1996 by former Navy SEAL officer Erik Prince. It was renamed Xe Services in 2009 and known as Academi since 2011 after it was acquired by a group of private investors ...

, a private American military company officially named Academi since 2011

Sports

* Blackwater 100, a former Grand National Cross Country off-road racing event *

Blackwater Bossing The Blackwater Bossing is a professional basketball team owned by Ever Bilena, Inc. that is playing in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) beginning in the 2014–2015 season. The franchise began as one of the founding teams in the PB ...

, a Filipino basketball team