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

Russia is now able to bomb Ukrainian cities with intensity not seen before, targeting civilian infrastructure and seeking to collapse the power and water supplies. — Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2026

Storms last weekend dumped the equivalent of more than two years of water into the town's surface water supply and provided a buffer for an operation that depends heavily on underground aquifers, Huntzinger said. — Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2026

Because of water supply issues in McCaysville, Fannin County Schools will have a virtual learning day today. — Madeline Montgomery, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2026

Storms last weekend dumped the equivalent of more than two years of water into the town’s surface water supply and provided a buffer for an operation that depends heavily on underground aquifers, Huntzinger said. — Wufei Yu, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1805, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for water supply

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