drinking water
noun
: water that is clean enough for people to drink
Pollution is seeping into our drinking water.
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The Iran war has unleashed a toxic mix of chemicals, heavy metals and other pollutants that threaten everything from agriculture to drinking water to people’s health — and will leave behind environmental damage and health risks that could persist for decades, experts said.
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Tammy Webber, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Qalibaf, the parliament speaker, said earlier that Iran would consider vital infrastructure across the region to be legitimate targets, including desalination facilities critical for drinking water in Gulf nations.
—Jon Gambrell, Twin Cities, 23 Mar. 2026
The river supplies drinking water and irrigation to tens of millions of people across the West, but the system that divides its water, based on agreements more than a century old, is under increasing strain after years of drought and declining reservoir levels.
—Amalia Roy, FOXNews.com, 22 Mar. 2026
With summer temperatures topping 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) and little cultivatable land, much of the Gulf Arab states’ drinking water comes from the sea via desalination plants.
—Eleni Giokos, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
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Tammy Webber, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Qalibaf, the parliament speaker, said earlier that Iran would consider vital infrastructure across the region to be legitimate targets, including desalination facilities critical for drinking water in Gulf nations.
—Jon Gambrell, Twin Cities, 23 Mar. 2026
The river supplies drinking water and irrigation to tens of millions of people across the West, but the system that divides its water, based on agreements more than a century old, is under increasing strain after years of drought and declining reservoir levels.
—Amalia Roy, FOXNews.com, 22 Mar. 2026
With summer temperatures topping 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) and little cultivatable land, much of the Gulf Arab states’ drinking water comes from the sea via desalination plants.
—Eleni Giokos, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
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