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

Recent Examples on the Web

Officials said deep peat soil, limited water supplies, difficult access and strong winds have complicated efforts, even with three helicopters conducting aerial firefighting operations. — ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026

Our navigation system, flood damage reduction projects, and water supply reservoirs are operated and maintained by people most Arkansans will never hear about. — Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2026

Cuchimaque Lugo, an FIU graduate student, said the team’s ongoing groundwater research aims to better understand how PFAS migrate from the surface into the aquifer and eventually into drinking water supplies. — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026

The seven states – Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming – depend on the river for water supply for agriculture and drinking water, production of hydropower, recreation, and fish and wildlife habitat. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1805, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for water supply

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