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

Other potential impacts include deforestation, air pollution, noise and polluted water seeping into rivers and lakes, which can poison fish populations and sully drinking water supplies. — ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

Weeks after the Hugging Face breach, the New York Times reported that hackers had broken into the computer systems that run drinking water in more than 100 cities and towns across seven states. — John Caruso, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2026

The water that runs through forests ends up in reservoirs that supply drinking water to millions of people in cities like Phoenix. — Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Under the state plan that guides the management of drinking water resources in Rhode Island, there are four drought phases that increase in severity, going from advisory to watch to warning to emergency. — Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal, 19 Aug. 2026

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