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noun

the supply of purified water available to a community.

the facilities for storing and supplying this water, as reservoirs and pipelines.

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Origin of water supply

First recorded in 1880–85

OTHER WORDS FROM water supply

wa·ter-sup·ply, adjective

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How to use water supply in a sentence

The affected water would have taken between 24 and 36 hours to start reaching the drinking water supply, and there are reportedly other safeguards down the line that likely would have caught the problem before it made its way to the public.
Hackers accessed a Florida water treatment plant’s system and tried to make a dangerous change|Stan Horaczek|February 9, 2021|Popular-Science
We’ve discovered a few options that can dig through backcountry roots and rocks so you can keep nearby water supplies clean.
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Oil spills lead to massive contamination of soil and groundwater — including drinking water supplies.
India’s Dirty Arctic Energy Hunt|Charu Kasturi|January 11, 2021|Ozy
The San Diego region gets 69 percent of its water supply from a source also transported hundreds of miles via a series of canals and pipelines.
Who Owns the Tijuana River – and Who Needs Its Water Most|MacKenzie Elmer and Vicente Calderón|January 11, 2021|Voice of San Diego

In Corbett, the town has started excavation work to find a new water supply.
Timber Tax Cuts Cost Oregon Towns Billions. Then Polluted Water Drove Up the Price.|by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and Rob Davis, The Oregonian/OregonLive|January 1, 2021|ProPublica
Fluoride first entered an American water supply through a rather inelegant technocratic scheme.
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It is provided with best conditions for water supply, heating and ventilation.
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Earlier this month, Toledo, Ohio, watched its municipal water supply descend into an undrinkable stew of algal toxins.
Are Water Filters B.S.?|Michael Schulson|August 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It had a notorious problem with the toxic chemical in the local water supply.
The Congressman Fighting for More Arsenic in Drinking Water|Tim Mak|July 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Crimea relies on the Ukrainian mainland for 80 percent of its local water supply, and much of Crimea is farmland.
Ravenous Russia? Thirsty Crimea.|Oleg Shynkarenko, Will Cathcart|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is sufficient to say that the water-supply of the mine was worked by the pressure of the air upon these springs.
Black Diamonds|Mr Jkai
Many of them had no water-supply and very little air; some had no sewers, and where sewers existed they were generally choked up.
The Political History of England - Vol. X.|William Hunt
His water supply was nearly exhausted, and he had no more wood.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers|Jules Verne
The water supply came from a brook that was higher than the houses.
Elements of Plumbing|Samuel Dibble
The soil is fertile, the climate genial, there is an inexhaustible water supply, and an ample rainfall.
Argentina|W. A. Hirst

British Dictionary definitions for water supply

water supply

noun

an arrangement of reservoirs, purification plant, distribution pipes, etc, for providing water to a community

the supply of treated and purified water for a community

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