water supply

noun

: a source, means, or process of supplying water (as for a community) usually including reservoirs, tunnels, and pipelines

Examples of water supply in a Sentence

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During World War II, Husseini became a Nazi collaborator, broadcasting propaganda into the Arab world, touring death camps with his friend Heinrich Himmler, recruiting SS divisions, and hatching a plot to poison Tel Aviv’s water supply. Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025 How To Remove Mold from Shower Head Shower heads are breeding grounds for mold because of the constant moisture, humidity, and minerals that are found in some water supplies. Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025 The presence of microplastics in California’s precious – and limited – drinking water is of such growing concern that the state Legislature has required the State Water Resources Control Board to develop plans to measure the particles in water supplies and study the implications to public health. Andria Ventura, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025 Projects must have enough water supply, wastewater capacity, and energy infrastructure; limit the extent of new traffic, with higher thresholds if located near transit; and could only alter up to five acres of undeveloped land or up to 10 acres with a tree preservation and replanting plan. Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for water supply

Word History

First Known Use

1805, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of water supply was in 1805

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“Water supply.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20supply. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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