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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The city had switched its water supply to the Flint River a year earlier, and corrosive water had damaged aging lead pipes, exposing thousands of people to lead contamination.
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Laodong Guo, The Conversation, 25 June 2024
The state also faces increasing risks from record-setting fires, heat waves, storm surges, sea-level rise, water supply shortages and extreme heat.
—Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 13 June 2024
Some years will be excessively dry, while others will have wet winters that increase water supplies but elevate flood risk.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
Investigative Data Reporter Austin Fast has the latest on PFAS chemicals and efforts by some utilities to get them out of the water supply.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 29 May 2024
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Laodong Guo, The Conversation, 25 June 2024
The state also faces increasing risks from record-setting fires, heat waves, storm surges, sea-level rise, water supply shortages and extreme heat.
—Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 13 June 2024
Some years will be excessively dry, while others will have wet winters that increase water supplies but elevate flood risk.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
Investigative Data Reporter Austin Fast has the latest on PFAS chemicals and efforts by some utilities to get them out of the water supply.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 29 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for water supply
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“Water supply.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20supply. Accessed 1 Jul. 2024.
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