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

In addition to worries about exacerbating water problems, there is increasing concerns about drinking water from wells and whether pesticides used at the driving range might contaminate them, Harper said. —Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026

Both sides have threatened and hit civilian targets like oil fields and desalination plants critical for drinking water. —Matthew Lee, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026

For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency is adding these microplastics to a list of drinking water contaminants the agency is considering for future regulation. —Erika Edwards, NBC news, 2 Apr. 2026

There have been calls for the EPA to regulate PFAS in drinking water for decades, but the first federal limits were set by the Biden administration in April 2024. —Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for drinking water

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