water supply
nounDefinition of water supply
: a source, means, or process of supplying water (as for a community) usually including reservoirs, tunnels, and pipelines
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Newark has seen high levels of lead in its water supply for more than two years, forcing some residents to use bottled water while authorities attempt to fix the problem, Time reported. — Char Adams, PEOPLE.com, "Protesters Outside MTV VMAs Draw Attention to New Jersey Water Crisis," 27 Aug. 2019 Flyover states are taking steps to address harmful chemicals in their water supplies. — cleveland.com, "Midwest states are paying more attention to PFAs in drinking water: The Flyover," 26 Aug. 2019 Apparently, scientists have discovered microplastics—in addition to polluting our water supply—are accumulating in locations as remote as the Arctic. — Stanley Kay, SI.com, "Four Questions That Will Define the U.S. Open," 22 Aug. 2019 Also, treatment equipment that is itself made of plastic may contribute microplastics to the water supply. — Matt Simon, WIRED, "You’ve Been Drinking Microplastics, But Don’t Worry—Yet," 21 Aug. 2019 Spraying chemicals over that much acreage, combined with the chemical run-off from conventional agriculture practice, adds significant amounts of chemicals to our water supply. — Patrick Sisson, Curbed, "Organic lawn care startup Sunday is here to disrupt the American yard," 7 Aug. 2019 The plan for long missions is also to collect every trace of moisture from breath, sweat and urine, put it through reverse osmosis and add it to the drinking water supply. — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, "Long-term space journeys to allow humans to become almost completely self-sufficient," 8 June 2019 The plant is built on a layer of porous basalt rock formed from cooled lava and, crucially, has easy access to the endless water supply underneath the volcano. — Andrew Daniels, Popular Mechanics, "Iceland’s Radical Plan to Slow Climate Change," 9 May 2019 After the city switched to a new water supply to cut costs, thousands of children suffered from lead exposure and the mayor declared a state of emergency in 2015 over the disaster. — Julia Belluz, Vox, "Lead isn’t just a big threat to kids. It’s also linked to heart deaths in adults.," 30 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'water supply.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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