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

There are already ways to remove atrazine from drinking water supplies, including water filtration techniques that can be used at the municipal level or in people’s homes, said Rainer Lohmann, who studies organic contaminants in water at the University of Rhode Island. —Knvul Sheikh, New York Times, 22 May 2025

Related article What to know about fluoride in drinking water Fluoride is a naturally occurring mineral that’s found in soil, rocks and water to varying degrees. —Katherine Dillinger, CNN Money, 15 May 2025

Health in America: As bans spread, fluoride in drinking water divides communities across the US What are the benefits of fluoride? —Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 14 May 2025

Federal officials backed adding fluoride to drinking water in 1950 and in 1962 introduced guidelines for how much should be added to water. —Sonam Sheth, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025

Rhymes for drinking water

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