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Due to rising sea levels, the ocean is slowly encroaching into coastal land in North Carolina, seeping into the ground and making tap water more salty, according to a new paper in the journal Water Resources Research.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
And the only way to know if the water is safe would be to regularly test it for the more than 90 contaminants that tap water is monitored for, experts said.
—Jill Schweber, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
According to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report, many Americans have misperceptions about the purity of tap water.
—Whizy Kim, Vox, 20 Dec. 2024
Fluoridation of tap water has generated local controversies ever since it was introduced in the U.S. in 1945.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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First Known Use
1881, in the meaning defined above
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“Tap water.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tap%20water. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
tap water
noun
: water as it comes from a tap (as in a home)
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