potable

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Not every bucket drawn up from the well of old IP will prove potable, but it often has: “Arrested Development,” “Veronica Mars,” “Party Down,” “Roseanne/The Conners,” “Frasier,” even “Dallas.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

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 • Jan. 30, 2026

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 • Dec. 19, 2025

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

From Salon • Dec. 15, 2025

To make the water potable, the Maya laid a layer of crushed limestone atop the sediments, effectively paving over the salt.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann