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water supply

noun

the supply of purified water available to a community.
the facilities for storing and supplying this water, as reservoirs and pipelines.

water supply

an arrangement of reservoirs, purification plant, distribution pipes, etc, for providing water to a community
the supply of treated and purified water for a community

First recorded in 1880–85

Fluoride first entered an American water supply through a rather inelegant technocratic scheme.

It is provided with best conditions for water supply, heating and ventilation.

Earlier this month, Toledo, Ohio, watched its municipal water supply descend into an undrinkable stew of algal toxins.

It had a notorious problem with the toxic chemical in the local water supply.

Crimea relies on the Ukrainian mainland for 80 percent of its local water supply, and much of Crimea is farmland.

It is sufficient to say that the water-supply of the mine was worked by the pressure of the air upon these springs.

Many of them had no water-supply and very little air; some had no sewers, and where sewers existed they were generally choked up.

His water supply was nearly exhausted, and he had no more wood.

The water supply came from a brook that was higher than the houses.

The soil is fertile, the climate genial, there is an inexhaustible water supply, and an ample rainfall.

April 17, 2024axolotl

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