How to Use potable in a Sentence

potable

1 of 2 adjective

• Like, say, if the rain is poisonous, wouldn't there be a lack of potable water?
  — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 7 May 2018
• No potable running water at the handwash sink or triple sink.
  — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2026
• Pack plenty of water, too, since the on-site spring water isn’t potable.
  — Jamie Siebrase, Denver Post, 26 June 2026
• Why did the great Mayan cities of the ninth century run out of potable water?
  — Tunku Varadarajan, wsj.com, 20 Apr. 2023
• Secondary water is a water source that’s not treated and non-potable.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 July 2021
• The crew will use the potable water dispenser throughout the mission.
  — Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2026
• Without potable water, staff and patients were using hand wipes for bathing.
  — Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2019
• Some of these people haven’t had water since the fire -- that’s zero potable water.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Aug. 2019
• Campers can expect vault toilets, a dump station, and potable water.
  — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2023
• Shishmaref lacks basic plumbing for sewage and potable water.
  — Zach Hughes, latimes.com, 2 May 2018
• Adequate food and potable water no more than two hours after the delay starts.
  — Sasha Richie, Dallas News, 10 Sep. 2023
• This could cause water from the mop sink to contaminate the potable water.
  — Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 25 Mar. 2026
• Thirst-quenching in a psychic way, that is; there is no actual potable water on this hike.
  — Bonnie Tsui, New York Times, 25 July 2017
• This act contaminates the water, kills all the fish, and makes the water non-potable.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
• Hikers sleep in huts with bunk beds, toilets, cooking areas and potable water.
  — Joe Yogerst, CNN, 3 May 2023
• Using the non-potable water for grass saves about 50 acre-feet of drinking water.
  — Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 18 Sep. 2025
• The most recent holdup involves completion of the potable water plant.
  — Lois K. Solomon, sun-sentinel.com, 3 June 2019
• There is not a single Indian city that can provide potable water from its taps.
  — Kamakshi Ayyar, Time, 6 June 2018
• About 50 million gallons a day turns into potable water.
  — Kirk Siegler, NPR, 3 June 2026
• About 60,000 gallons of potable water must be brought daily by tanker truck.
  — Eric Schlosser, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
• This island doesn’t have a bar, let alone trails, potable water, electricity or structures of any sort.
  — Heather Knight, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
• Ashore, there's potable water, picnic tables, some of the islands' best weather and plenty to do.
  — Elisa Parhad, latimes.com, 9 Sep. 2017
• And the city has set up several sites for distribution of non-potable or flushing water this week.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2021
• That water is collected and treated in our lab and then reused to flush toilets rather than using potable water.
  — Callie Zanandrie, CBS News, 4 June 2026
• Toyota says the water isn't potable, but is useful for washing, showering, etc.
  — New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2025
• Twitter played an instrumental role in the rescue of people trapped in their homes, many of which lacked potable water.
  — Natalie Meade, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2019
• State law requires animals left outside to have access to shelter and potable water.
  — Tracey McManus, Dallas Morning News, 27 Jan. 2026
• When visiting, hikers and campers are advised to bring their own water sources since there is no potable water in the wilderness.
  — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
• Life drains into a stream Less than 1% of Earth’s water is potable and available for human use.
  — Boris Kondratieff, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2020
• The reservoir — the scenic centerpiece of the hilly neighborhood named after it — no longer holds potable water.
  — Hailey Branson-Potts, latimes.com, 11 Apr. 2018

potable

2 of 2 noun

• All of you are gonna get down and dowse the ground for potable drinking water.
  — Al Mullen, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2022
• Lines for water -- potable or not -- are long in many parts of the island.
  — Mckenna Ewen, CNN, 18 Oct. 2017
• The tribe swaps some of that water back to the park service in exchange for potable water.
  — AZCentral.com, 8 Aug. 2022
• One potable water plant is down but water is still safe to drink, Nelson said.
  — Krista Torralva, OrlandoSentinel.com, 11 Sep. 2017
• Nearby is free firewood, vault toilets, and a potable well water pump.
  — Stephanie Pearson, Outside Online, 2 Nov. 2022
• There's no dump station or potable water access, so come prepared.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2021
• This is the only hot spring on earth where the water is potable; the temperature kills pathogens.
  — Regina Cole, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021
• Their non-potable classification is why bitters may be sold in stores that don't sell hard liquor.
  — chicagotribune.com, 7 Feb. 2018
• Of note, water from fountains in general isn’t potable, and should not be consumed.
  — Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 5 May 2021
• There were few roads or trails or even paths to follow and scant potable water, but plenty of pit vipers and tarantulas.
  — Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2022
• The inside of the bag will bead with potable condensation when left in direct sunlight.
  — Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 19 June 2020
• People woke up those who were still sleeping, moved cars to higher ground, and filled up jugs and bottles with potable water.
  — Carter Sickels, Outside Online, 3 Sep. 2022
• Latino workers labor outside more and are more likely to lack potable water.
  — Elizabeth Weil, ProPublica, 22 Aug. 2021
• Another specialty of the house is on the potable, not edible, side.
  — Bruce Ingram, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2018
• But growth on the reservation is expected to stretch the supply of potable water to its limits.
  — Sarah Oven, The Arizona Republic, 1 Feb. 2021
• None of Glacier’s campgrounds have electrical hookups, and most lack potable water or firewood for sale.
  — Katie Jackson, Outside Online, 6 Sep. 2022
• But the pub’s most noteworthy offering, perhaps, isn’t potable.
  — Emma Silvers, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 May 2018
• The severe water shortage is the result of too little rain that has failed to fill the wells the town relies on for potable water.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2021
• The tin roofs of the houses overlapped one another like fish scales; a roadside tap dripped a brown fluid that passed for potable water.
  — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2021
• The stillsuits—full-body gear that recycles sweat, urine, and feces into potable water—look real.
  — Angela Watercutter, Wired, 9 Sep. 2020
• Just as pressing are the illnesses brought on by a lack of food, potable water and shelter from continuing rain.
  — New York Times, 4 Dec. 2020
• But finding out whether the water is potable at your destination might be difficult, and most tap water looks fine to drink.
  — Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2019
• The site also recycled stormwater to reduce discharge costs and offset the cost of potable water.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 16 Oct. 2020
• The water system has now been completely replaced, with access to flush toilets and potable water.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2022
• The trucks have access to power hookups, a potable-water source and disposal of gray water — water that's been used to wash dishes and so on.
  — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 July 2019
• The Vigo graphite black sink faucet taps potable water from a 21-gallon onboard tank for cleaning dishes.
  — Everett Potter, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
• Echo Park Lake, which once employed potable water to maintain the lake, now recycles and cleans area runoff for that purpose.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2021
• Families lined up at a steel tanker to fill plastic jugs with potable water, who draped clothes over the cane supports of their lean-to shelters, roofed with fronds and blankets.
  — Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2021
• Hundreds of millions of people, hundreds of millions in India, don’t have access to potable water.
  — Kaila Philo, The New Republic, 1 Oct. 2020
• All the parkway campgrounds have potable water, flush toilets, sinks, and dump stations, and the campsites include fire rings and picnic tables.
  — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2021