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California has made significant progress helping small communities address problems of contaminated drinking water, but the costs of bringing safe tap water to hundreds of communities over the next five years will run more than $11.5 billion, according to a new state estimate.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
Stories that recommend avoiding the tap water on planes as it's likely riddled with germs (this goes for the ice, too).
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2024
These microfibers can also be found in tap water, chicken, salt and beer—meaning the tiny plastic fibers have entered the human food chain.
—Catherine Salfino, Sourcing Journal, 13 June 2024
Gerth 2023 column:Some Kentucky lawmakers want fluoride removed from tap water.
—Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2024
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Word History
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 4 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
tap water
noun
: water as it comes from a tap (as in a home)
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