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drinking water

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noun

  1. water reserved or suitable for drinking

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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More than 90% of Kuwait’s drinking water comes from desalination, much of it produced at facilities integrated with power plants.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

TV footage showed people queueing for petrol and drinking water.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

If funded entirely through increases in water rates, an estimated 30.4 million households would spend more than 2.5% of their income on drinking water, according to the report.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

That has proven extremely controversial - and the BBC was told in February government plans to make the UK a "world leader" in AI could put already stretched supplies of drinking water under strain.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Naima was glad she’d pumped plenty of fresh drinking water from the well.

From "Rickshaw Girl" by Mitali Perkins

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