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Meanings of drinking water in English

Russian
питьевая вода
Portuguese
água potável
Catalan
aigua potable
Spanish
agua para el consumo humano
Wikidata

Water safe for consumption.

питьевая вода
Usage of drinking water in English
1
Contaminated drinking water causes half a million deaths from diarrhoea each year.
BBC
2
Nitrate contamination in drinking water is a major threat to public health.
Pubmed
3
Some environmental and public health activists say it taints drinking water supplies.
Reuters
4
Last year, around 48 million people living there lacked sufficient drinking water.
Reuters
5
Mbewe said authorities were providing chlorine to help people purify drinking water.
Reuters
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Many people are unable to access safe drinking water in flooded areas.
Reuters
7
The Ministry of Health advised the public to boil all drinking water.
Radio NZ
8
Both local problems had to do with the pollution of drinking water.
The new yorker
9
In many parts of the world, clean drinking water means bottled water.
The Guardian
10
The coal ash rule does not require tests of local drinking water.
Reuters
11
Neither is a source of drinking water for nearby communities, he said.
Reuters
12
The dam will provide drinking water and hydroelectric power for the region.
Reuters
13
Villages in the area also fear their drinking water had been contaminated.
Radio NZ
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Only a quarter of our population had access to safe drinking water.
This child will be great
15
The government has resettled families and provided them with clean drinking water.
Reuters
16
Use a water filter if you are drinking water from the tap.
The Irish Times
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Translations for drinking water
Portuguese
água potável
Drinking water through the time
Drinking water across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
South Africa
Common
Ireland
Less common
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