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
Places like these whose measurements continue to average over the PFAS limits will need to locate other sources of drinking water for their customers or install filtration systems within the next few years.
—
Austin Fast, USA Today, 5 Dec. 2025
Potential exposure to these chemicals can happen through food, drinking water and environmental contact, according to the study, although real-world levels and their health implications remain uncertain.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 5 Dec. 2025
Parents with the Lead-Safe Schools MKE group have called on MPS to go further, limiting lead levels in drinking water to under the American Academy of Pediatrics’ recommended standard of no more than 1 part-per-billion.
—Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 1 Dec. 2025
These measures include efforts to roll back drinking water regulations on certain PFAS chemicals, changes to companies' reporting of PFAS chemical use, and the reinstatement of pesticides that were previously banned by different federal courts.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for drinking water
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Austin Fast, USA Today, 5 Dec. 2025
Potential exposure to these chemicals can happen through food, drinking water and environmental contact, according to the study, although real-world levels and their health implications remain uncertain.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 5 Dec. 2025
Parents with the Lead-Safe Schools MKE group have called on MPS to go further, limiting lead levels in drinking water to under the American Academy of Pediatrics’ recommended standard of no more than 1 part-per-billion.
—Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 1 Dec. 2025
These measures include efforts to roll back drinking water regulations on certain PFAS chemicals, changes to companies' reporting of PFAS chemical use, and the reinstatement of pesticides that were previously banned by different federal courts.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for drinking water
Cite this Entry
“Drinking water.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drinking%20water. Accessed 11 Dec. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share