potable

Example Sentences

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Relatives of the detained crew members allege they have been confined to a tiny room on the vessel without proper food or potable drinking water.

From BBC

Several are backpacking sites and do not offer potable water.

From Los Angeles Times

Burr and his co-conspirators absconded with the money, and it took another 40 years for New Yorkers to gain wide access to potable water.

From Barron's

Hikers often carry the drops, or tablets, using small amounts to make quarts of fresh water potable.

From Salon

The artificial intelligence platforms created by Musk and his compatriots gobbled up ever greater shares of US gross domestic product, energy output and potable water.

From Salon