How to Use water supply in a Sentence

water supply

noun

• This is all good for water supply, but the drought is far from over.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2021
• In the south, the water supply from the Dnipro River to the city of Mykolaiv has been damaged.
  — Renee Hickman, Scientific American, 20 July 2022
• The dyes in the runoffs from this clothing that's just sitting around end up in the water supply.
  — Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2021
• The pipe was cracked, severing the water supply and flooding the first floor of the station.
  — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
• Its water supply comes from the east branch of the Rocky River and sometimes Coe Lake.
  — Beth Mlady, cleveland, 8 Apr. 2022
• Luckily, the water supply is fresh, and there’s a dry ledge to sleep.
  — Kate Knibbs, Wired, 8 Mar. 2022
• Alongside the water pressure, check the flow rate of the water supply.
  — Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2024
• The cost of living and the lack of water supply were also top worries here.
  — Kim Bojórquez, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
• The flow rate of a soaker hose depends on the length and inner diameter of the hose, the pressure of the water supply, and the rate of the faucet.
  — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Apr. 2023
• If leaks are found, shut off the water supply until the leaks are repaired.
  — al, 26 Dec. 2022
• Now health officials fear for the state of the water supply, among many other things.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 9 Feb. 2023
• The guideline is used to forecast the state’s water supply in the drier summer months.
  — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2024
• The agency’s long-term plans for the water supply continue to adapt with each drought.
  — Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
• For decades, many of the households in Rio Verde Foothills had their water hauled in from Scottsdale’s water supply.
  — Daniel Rothberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
• What does Mesa need to do to manage the city’s water supply in the ongoing drought that could lead to steeper cuts?
  — Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 20 Sep. 2022
• Talk of birth-order dynamics seems to be in the water supply these days.
  — Allie Volpe, Vox, 10 June 2024
• More than half the department’s water supply comes from runoff in the Wasatch Mountains.
  — Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Apr. 2022
• The plan comes as Utah grapples with a dwindling water supply, and the West braces for a drier future.
  — Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 May 2022
• The efforts to secure new water supplies could be a race against climate change.
  — Peter Eavis Nathalia Angarita, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• Disconnect the water supply to the tank using a set of channel locks.
  — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Jan. 2023
• Most of Arizona’s water supply is used outdoors, and the Colorado supplies about a third of it.
  — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2022
• In a cooler era, readings like theirs would paint a clear picture of the summer water supply to come.
  — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 20 Nov. 2022
• The City of Foley said the overflows did not affect any public water supplies.
  — Ike Morgan | [e-mail], al, 4 Sep. 2023
• Then, shut off the water supply valves by turning them clockwise.
  — Adria Greenhauff, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2022
• Knowing just how much snow will melt and feed the water supply helps growers adjust.
  — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2023
• In the heart of California, at the place where two great rivers converge beneath the Tule fog, lies the linchpin of one of the largest water supply systems in the world.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
• The Flint water crisis began in 2014 when the city switched its water supply from Detroit’s to the Flint River.
  — Darreonna Davis, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
• Each faucet is solid brass forged and comes with a push pop-up drain stopper, overflow, valve, and water supply line.
  — Rachel Simon, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2023
• The current $6 million transformation is focused on the pumphouse, where huge steam engines once pushed along the city’s water supply system.
  — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2025
• Los Angeles’ water supply comes partly from state reservoirs and partly from the Colorado River.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 1 Mar 2025