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

As a result, sewage blockages and overflows became widespread, increasing the risk of wastewater contaminating drinking water sources and heightening the likelihood of outbreaks of diarrhea, hepatitis A and other waterborne diseases in an already vulnerable community. —Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026

Kotb, Roker, and Casalengo all emphasized the importance of drinking water while fighting jet lag. —Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2026

In general, children and parents also need to be drinking water and staying hydrated. —Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Jan. 2026

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

Rhymes for drinking water

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