drinking water

British  

noun

1. water reserved or suitable for drinking

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Example Sentences

In Darwin, people have been asked to reduce water consumption and boil drinking water after the pump station at the dam that supplies most of the city's water was flooded and stopped working.

From BBC

Welsh Water said the issue "did not impact the quality of drinking water".

From BBC

At the top, I pull one of the bottles out of my belt and pretend I’m too preoccupied with drinking water to answer his question.

From Literature

The Middle East’s abundant desalination plants, which remove salt from the Gulf’s seawater, are the key source of drinking water for millions of residents in the arid region.

From The Wall Street Journal

Middle East countries, including Bahrain, depend heavily on desalination plants for drinking water.

From The Wall Street Journal