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drinking water

noun

  1. water reserved or suitable for drinking
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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India, meanwhile, has been pushing to review and modify the treaty, citing changing needs - from irrigation and drinking water to hydropower - in light of factors like climate change.

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“Infrastructure being offline for maintenance or repairs is part of the regular operational need of a water system and critical for maintaining safe drinking water standards.”

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Heal the Bay found concentrations of aluminum, iron, selenium and manganese that were higher than drinking water standards, sometimes by 10 times as much.

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Mr Guy said pictures showed Emily enjoying herself, and she was later seen coming out of a toilet and putting something into her mouth and drinking water.

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Northern Ireland Water is one of the biggest landowners in the mountains and purchased 9,000 acres in the 1900s to secure a supply of drinking water for the growing city of Belfast.

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