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 latter began in late September 2024, catalyzed by an event with a deceptively pretty name: Helene, a category-four hurricane that knocked out power and left the city without drinking water for 52 days. —Sofia Perez, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025

Aqua Illinois is advising customers not to use tap water for infants under 6 months old after recent testing showed elevated nitrate levels in drinking water systems. —Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2025

Or for someone who lives in a place where drinking water means a trip to the grocery store, like Flint, Michigan. —Joe Salas june 09, New Atlas, 9 June 2025

These toxins may then reach and seep into nearby water sources, contaminating drinking water and local ecosystems. —Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 June 2025

Rhymes for drinking water

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