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Research suggests that more than 96 percent of the United States' community water systems meet government standards for potability.

From Salon • May 21, 2024

Nor will the issues be limited to potability.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2023

It cited the case of Charleston Gazette reporter Ken Ward Jr., who waited a week to get an official comment from the EPA about the water’s potability amid a crisis affecting 300,000 people.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2015

Irrigation carries its own problems: nonsalty river water leaches out salts as it seeps through the soil, and much of it returns to streams, threatening their potability.

From Time Magazine Archive

Each year it passes judgment on the edibility, potability or safety of products worth more than $60 billion.

From Time Magazine Archive