water supply
noun
: a source, means, or process of supplying water (as for a community) usually including reservoirs, tunnels, and pipelines
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Those areas encompass some of Idaho’s most productive agricultural land, and farmers are already making difficult decisions, Erin Whorton, a water supply specialist with the federal Natural Resource Conservation Service working in Idaho, told the Statesman in an interview.
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Mark Dee
may 22, Idaho Statesman, 22 May 2026
Check the gap where the dishwasher's drain hose and water supply pass through the cabinet wall.
—Kate Van Pelt, The Spruce, 22 May 2026
The HeloPod is the latest of several popping up in cities across the county, with Laguna Beach, Aliso Viejo and San Juan Capistrano among the south Orange County vulnerable towns already equipped with the water supply systems.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 20 May 2026
Last year the Environment Agency warned that England is on track for a daily shortfall in public water supplies of five billion litres by 2055 – equivalent to more than a third of current daily usage.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 20 May 2026
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Mark Dee
may 22, Idaho Statesman, 22 May 2026
Check the gap where the dishwasher's drain hose and water supply pass through the cabinet wall.
—Kate Van Pelt, The Spruce, 22 May 2026
The HeloPod is the latest of several popping up in cities across the county, with Laguna Beach, Aliso Viejo and San Juan Capistrano among the south Orange County vulnerable towns already equipped with the water supply systems.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 20 May 2026
Last year the Environment Agency warned that England is on track for a daily shortfall in public water supplies of five billion litres by 2055 – equivalent to more than a third of current daily usage.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 20 May 2026
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“Water supply.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20supply. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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