drinking water
noun
: water that is clean enough for people to drink
Pollution is seeping into our drinking water.
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The presence of microplastics in California’s precious – and limited – drinking water is of such growing concern that the state Legislature has required the State Water Resources Control Board to develop plans to measure the particles in water supplies and study the implications to public health.
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Andria Ventura, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
Other studies have found no impact of fluoride on IQ, and major health organizations have continued to recommend it be added to drinking water.
—Joseph Choi, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2025
And more than 60 million Americans rely on drinking water from rivers and aquifers whose sources are within national forests.
—Ryan Gellert, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
The money from the tax hike, which Webster said would amount to $8 million to $9 million a year, will pay for forest and grassland management projects, protection of drinking water supplies, and the creation of more resilient forest and grassland ecosystems.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
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Andria Ventura, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
Other studies have found no impact of fluoride on IQ, and major health organizations have continued to recommend it be added to drinking water.
—Joseph Choi, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2025
And more than 60 million Americans rely on drinking water from rivers and aquifers whose sources are within national forests.
—Ryan Gellert, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
The money from the tax hike, which Webster said would amount to $8 million to $9 million a year, will pay for forest and grassland management projects, protection of drinking water supplies, and the creation of more resilient forest and grassland ecosystems.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Drinking water.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drinking%20water. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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