potable
adjective
fit or suitable for drinking.
potability
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a word derived from
potable.
Example Sentences
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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
Instead of myriad local water districts, he continues, the U.S. needs large regional authorities to handle pollutin and potability and development of water resources.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
