drinking water
noun
: water that is clean enough for people to drink
Pollution is seeping into our drinking water.
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Places that have found contamination now need to find other sources of drinking water or install filtration systems that can remove the PFAS within the next few years.
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Austin Fast, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
Participants are asked to bring garden gloves, drinking water in refillable bottles, and buckets for collecting trash.
—Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2025
The plant's emissions have been linked to PFAS spikes in the Ohio River near Louisville and Cincinnati, Ohio, spurring drinking water and public health concerns.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 12 Aug. 2025
In an effort to save the rest of the sprawling legislation, which tackled issues from fluoride in drinking water to pancreatic cancer screening, lawmakers sacrificed the OPC measure.
—Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2025
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Austin Fast, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
Participants are asked to bring garden gloves, drinking water in refillable bottles, and buckets for collecting trash.
—Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2025
The plant's emissions have been linked to PFAS spikes in the Ohio River near Louisville and Cincinnati, Ohio, spurring drinking water and public health concerns.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 12 Aug. 2025
In an effort to save the rest of the sprawling legislation, which tackled issues from fluoride in drinking water to pancreatic cancer screening, lawmakers sacrificed the OPC measure.
—Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for drinking water
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“Drinking water.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drinking%20water. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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