drinking water
noun
: water that is clean enough for people to drink
Pollution is seeping into our drinking water.
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The little one could be seen drinking water straight from a garden hose, curling up in her mom's lap at a restaurant table and climbing up the wall of a bounce house.
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Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024
Water is a common route of exposure — drinking water from your municipal water sources in your home are contaminated with PFAS chemicals.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024
A lot of the focus tends to be on being alert while drinking alcohol, but anyone drinking water, soda or other nonalcoholic beverages could have their drinks spiked, too, Simmons Kaleba said.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 5 Sep. 2024
This slurry of ash and charred soil cascaded toward the reservoirs that supply drinking water for the downstream city of Fort Collins, home to around 170,000 people.
—Hannah Singleton, WIRED, 2 Sep. 2024
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Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024
Water is a common route of exposure — drinking water from your municipal water sources in your home are contaminated with PFAS chemicals.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024
A lot of the focus tends to be on being alert while drinking alcohol, but anyone drinking water, soda or other nonalcoholic beverages could have their drinks spiked, too, Simmons Kaleba said.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 5 Sep. 2024
This slurry of ash and charred soil cascaded toward the reservoirs that supply drinking water for the downstream city of Fort Collins, home to around 170,000 people.
—Hannah Singleton, WIRED, 2 Sep. 2024
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“Drinking water.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drinking%20water. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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