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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She can be counted on to represent residents on issues such as protecting the historic downtown, and not approving extreme development that does not fit with infrastructure, the water supply, environmental needs and the quality of life in Pleasanton. —

Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024 The incident is chronicled in a medieval Norse text, which suggests that the men hoped to poison the area’s water supply. —

Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024 Tossing the body was likely part of an attempt to poison the water supply during a gruesome military raid, the Sverris saga explains. —

Jackie Wattles, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024 Other health care facilities in Asheville have brought in tanker trucks with water to continue their operations, but Planned Parenthood is still working on requesting emergency water supplies from the state. —

Ariel Wittenberg, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for water supply