Blackwater

Blackwater or Black Water may refer to:

Companies

• Blackwater (company), a private American military company and security consulting firm formerly called Blackwater Worldwide, renamed "Xe Services" in 2009, and "Academi" in 2011

Ecology and technology

• Blackwater (coal), liquid waste from coal preparation
• Blackwater (waste), wastewater containing feces, urine and flushwater from flush toilets
• Blackwater river, a classification of river with dark-colored waters

Place names

Australia

• Blackwater, Queensland, a coal mining area in Australia

Canada

• Blackwater, Ontario, a community in the Township of Brock, Ontario, Canada

Republic of Ireland

• River Blackwater, County Cavan, a river which runs through the north-west of County Cavan, Ireland
• Blackwater, County Wexford, a rural village in Ireland
• Blackwater river (Kerry), a river in County Kerry
• Munster Blackwater, a river which runs through the counties of Kerry, Cork, and Waterford
• River Blackwater, a river in County Wexford
• River Blackwater, Northern Ireland, a river which runs through County Armagh and County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, as well as County Monaghan, Republic

Poland

• Czarna Woda ("Black Water"), a town in Starogard County, Poland

Romania

• Cernavodă, a town in Constanţa County, Dobrogea, Romania

United Kingdom

• Black Water (Conon), a river in the highlands of Scotland
• Blackwater, Cornwall, a village
• Blackwater, Dorset, a small hamlet
• Blackwater, Hampshire, a small town
• Blackwater, Isle of Wight, a village
  • Blackwater (Isle of Wight) railway station, a station at the centre of the island, 1875–1956

United States

• Blackwater, Arizona, a census-designated place in Pinal County
• Blackwater, Missouri, a city
• Blackwater, New Mexico, a power exchange between Texas and New Mexico
• Blackwater Canyon, a gorge in West Virginia
• Blackwater Draw, an archaeological site in New Mexico and a dry watercourse that extends across the Llano Estacado, Texas
• Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, a waterfowl sanctuary in Maryland

Rivers

• Blackwater River (disambiguation)

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

• Blackwater, West Elizabeth, a fictional city in the video game Red Dead Redemption
• Blackwater Industries, a fictional intergalactic company in the video game Space Colony

Film

• Black Water (1980 film), directed by Shibu Mitra
• Black Water (film), a 2008 Australian horror/thriller film

Literature

• Black Water (novel), a 2004 novel by D.J. MacHale
• Black Water (novella), a 1992 novella by Joyce Carol Oates
• Blackwater (novel) (original Swedish title: Händelser vid vatten), a 1993 novel by Kerstin Ekman
• Blackwater (novelette), a 2005 thriller novelette by Conn Iggulden, published in 2005
• Blackwater, a 1983 serial horror novel by Michael McDowell
• Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, a 2007 book by journalist Jeremy Scahill about the company Blackwater Worldwide

Music

• Stratovarius, a Finnish power metal band previously known as Black Water
• Black Water, a monodrama for soprano and piano by American composer Jeremy Beck, based on the novella by Joyce Carol Oates
• "Black Water" (song), a song by The Doobie Brothers

Albums

• Blackwater (Altan album), a 1996 Celtic music album
  • Blackwater (Altan sampler), a sampler taken from the album
• Black Water (Blu Mar Ten album), a 2007 album by techno group Blu Mar Ten
• Black Water (Kris Drever album), a 2006 folk album
• Blackwater (MOFRO album), a 2001 R&B album
• Black Water (Rudresh Mahanthappa album), a 2002 album by saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa
• Black Water (Tinashe album), 2013
• Blackwater Park, a 2001 album from the progressive death metal band Opeth
• Black Water, a 1989 album by Joe Zawinul
• Black Water : An American Opera by Joyce Carol Oates and John Duffy

Television

• "Blackwater" (Game of Thrones), an episode of the second season of the TV series Game of Thrones
• "Black Water", an episode of the television program NCIS (season 2)

Video games

• Blackwater (video game), a first-person shooter video game based on the company Blackwater Worldwide

Other uses

• Blackwater fever, an acute kidney disease

See also

• Backwater (disambiguation)
• Kalapani (disambiguation)
• Karasu (disambiguation) — Kara Su lit. 'black water' or 'black river' in Turkic