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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The massive delta is revered not only for its capacious water supply and agricultural support, but also its famed Delta breeze that often brings relief from stretches of hot weather.
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
Breastfeeding mothers experience significantly increased daily fluid demands because the body actively redirects much of its water supply to produce milk.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 28 May 2026
Details of the forum focused on the intermittent water supply affecting an overall population of nearly 10 million people were published Thursday by the official website Cubadebate.
—ABC News, 28 May 2026
Goldstein said that the industrial disaster also resulted in contamination of the Columbia River but that there is no danger to the Longview City water supply.
—David Douglas, NBC news, 27 May 2026
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
Breastfeeding mothers experience significantly increased daily fluid demands because the body actively redirects much of its water supply to produce milk.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 28 May 2026
Details of the forum focused on the intermittent water supply affecting an overall population of nearly 10 million people were published Thursday by the official website Cubadebate.
—ABC News, 28 May 2026
Goldstein said that the industrial disaster also resulted in contamination of the Columbia River but that there is no danger to the Longview City water supply.
—David Douglas, NBC news, 27 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for water supply
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“Water supply.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20supply. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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