drinking water
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The precise effects remain uncertain -- for example, reduced rainfall may have increased soil erosion, limited drinking water, forced people to seek new water sources, or hindered plant growth.
From Science Daily
However, the ITF has intervened to get Ivan and his colleagues paid up to December, and arranged for food, drinking water and other essentials to be sent to the ship.
From BBC
It came from factories, lead-based paint, drinking water pipes, and most of all from vehicle exhaust.
From Science Daily
Ten litres of drinking water bought when a tanker truck passes every three days costs more than in the capital Kabul, residents told AFP.
From Barron's
It also destroyed the roofs of two covered reservoirs where the utility stored drinking water.
From Los Angeles Times
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