running water
noun
: water distributed through pipes and fixtures
a cabin with hot and cold running water
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a cabin with hot and cold running water
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Essential utilities, including electric and plumbing, are pre-installed and can be connected to your city’s main lines for instant access to running water and power.
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Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 4 Jan. 2026
There are roughly nine hundred thousand people living in tents and on the streets without running water—sitting, sleeping, cooking, and going to the toilet in the same place, which is usually a tent that does not protect them from rain, or from sun or heat.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2026
The cafe didn’t have any running water either, so the bathrooms were out of service and tap water, usually provided for free, was not available.
—Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 2 Jan. 2026
Rebekah was later found unresponsive on July 27, 2025, near a remote campsite outside Concho, Arizona, where investigators say the family had been living off-grid in a yurt without electricity or running water after relocating from Phoenix earlier that month.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025
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Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 4 Jan. 2026
There are roughly nine hundred thousand people living in tents and on the streets without running water—sitting, sleeping, cooking, and going to the toilet in the same place, which is usually a tent that does not protect them from rain, or from sun or heat.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2026
The cafe didn’t have any running water either, so the bathrooms were out of service and tap water, usually provided for free, was not available.
—Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 2 Jan. 2026
Rebekah was later found unresponsive on July 27, 2025, near a remote campsite outside Concho, Arizona, where investigators say the family had been living off-grid in a yurt without electricity or running water after relocating from Phoenix earlier that month.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025
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“Running water.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/running%20water. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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