drinking water
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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If the company does go bust, households will still have drinking water and sewerage services.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026
To stay safe during a heatwave, Dr Fathahudeen's advice to people is to keep drinking water even when not thirsty, wear loose, light-coloured clothing and use an umbrella.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026
Some of Amazon’s data centers use treated wastewater rather than drinking water.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
The suit also argues that the property is in an area known to support several endangered and threatened species and that a facility there would strain the limited waste disposal and drinking water infrastructure.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
But farmers are sedentary and live amid their own sewage, thus providing microbes with a short path from one person’s body into another’s drinking water.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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