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
Science, technology, medicine
- Blackwater (coal), liquid waste from coal preparation
- Blackwater fever, an acute kidney disease
- 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
- Farnborough/Aldershot Built-up Area also known as the Blackwater Valley Conurbation.
- Blackwater, Isle of Wight, a village
- Blackwater (Isle of Wight) railway station, a station at the centre of the island, 1875â€"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)
The Netherlands
- Zwarte water ("Black Water"), a river in the Dutch province of Overijsel
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
- Blackwater Bay, a fictional body of water alongside King's Landing in the epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire
Film
- Black Water (1980 film), directed by Shibu Mitra
- Black Water (2007 film), a 2008 Australian horror/thriller film
- Black Water (2018 film), an upcoming 2018 action thriller starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren
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
- "Black Water", a song by Of Monsters and Men on the album Beneath the Skin
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
See also
- Backwater (disambiguation)
- Kalapani (disambiguation)
- Karasu (disambiguation) â€" Kara Su lit. 'black water' or 'black river' in Turkic
