drinking water

noun

: water that is clean enough for people to drink
Pollution is seeping into our drinking water.

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Almost 100,000 residents in the state are drinking water with levels of total trihalomethanesduring the water treatment process and are a human carcinogen. Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025 Laurene Allen, an environmental advocate who lives in Merrimack, New Hampshire, where PFNA was one of several forever chemicals discovered in drinking water in 2016, was awaiting the report and is frustrated and enraged by its delay. Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2025 These centers can be tied to cancer and are actively taking millions of gallons of drinking water from locals per day. Donnetta Monk, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025 For me, drinking water has to fit into my daily routine. Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for drinking water

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“Drinking water.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drinking%20water. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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