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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The 5 Best Shower Filters to Save Your Skin and Hair from Hard Water Tips to Improve Water Quality To ensure that your home has healthy, clean water for drinking and bathing, here are a few tips to consider to safeguard your water supply. Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 June 2025 For example, Payton said energy, utility and water supplies could be areas that Iran would want to target in order to cause major disruptions. Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2025 But falling water levels may threaten municipal water supplies, agricultural irrigation, and hydroelectric power generation. Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025 The computational power required to train and use generative AI models demands a staggering amount of electricity and water which directly strains municipal water supplies and disrupts local ecosystems. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 June 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 4 Jul. 2025.

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