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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Crews worked continuously to prevent contaminants from entering rivers and local water supplies.
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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
In a rural Louisiana farming community of 20,000 people, Meta is building a 4-million-square-foot AI data center, even as locals in Georgia grapple with a dwindling and discolored water supply following the construction of a similar facility that began in 2018.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Its water supply was perennially ensured with massive reservoirs cut into bedrock to the east of the hill upon which it was founded.
—Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
The film centered on the Environmental Protection Agency encasing the Simpsons’ hometown of Springfield in a dome after Homer taints the area’s water supply.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
In a rural Louisiana farming community of 20,000 people, Meta is building a 4-million-square-foot AI data center, even as locals in Georgia grapple with a dwindling and discolored water supply following the construction of a similar facility that began in 2018.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Its water supply was perennially ensured with massive reservoirs cut into bedrock to the east of the hill upon which it was founded.
—Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
The film centered on the Environmental Protection Agency encasing the Simpsons’ hometown of Springfield in a dome after Homer taints the area’s water supply.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
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 5 Oct. 2025.
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