water supply

noun

: a source, means, or process of supplying water (as for a community) usually including reservoirs, tunnels, and pipelines

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Most recently, Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo put out guidance against fluoridation of the water supply. —

Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024 Georges noted that fluoride levels in the water supply are dictated at a local level, and many counties have chosen not to implement them. —

Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 26 Nov. 2024 Plus, as data from cities like Calgary, Alberta, and Juneau, Alaska demonstrate, dental problems increase when fluoride is removed from the community water supply. —

Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2024 When residents of Buffalo, New York, realized in January 2023 that fluoride had been missing from their water supply since 2015 — uncovered by a local investigative reporter — demand to reinstate the cavity-fighting mineral to their drinking water was swift. —

Erika Edwards, NBC News, 23 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for water supply