drinking water

noun

: water that is clean enough for people to drink

Pollution is seeping into our drinking water.

Examples of drinking water in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The unresolved warnings span some of California's most expensive and urgent problems, including unemployment fraud, homelessness spending oversight, public safety funding accountability, wildfire risk, and drinking water safety, just to name a few. —Julie Watts, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026

However, its effects are increasingly visible in the form of algal blooms, fish kills and contamination of drinking water supplies. —Dinesh Phuyal, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026

The often-insufficient overlap of river protection with other values, such as drinking water sources, does point toward to where future protection efforts can be focused. —Jeff Opperman, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026

While drinking water throughout the day supports overall health and skin, topical hydration through lotions and serums is also important for combating dullness. —Jacqueline Kilikita, Refinery29, 20 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for drinking water

• annunciator
• imprimatur
• underwater
• backwater
• bathwater
• blackwater
• breakwater
• deepwater
• edgewater
• feedwater
• floodwater
• freshwater