static water

noun

British.

1. water collected and stored in reservoirs, tanks, etc., as for urban use.

Example Sentences

The preferred approach is to tap into a static water supply, like a water tank, pond or swimming pool.

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If the streams entered static water as they issued from the ice, and this was true where the ice edge reached the sea or a lake, the static water modified the results which the flowing waters would otherwise have produced.

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