tap water
Example Sentences
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Down the winding, two-lane roads that connect communities, a pastor organizes bottled-water drives for neighbors whose tap water is undrinkable, while the local utility patches together funding for long-term solutions.
This time, the one-party state reports, the outbreak spiraled out of control due to "lack of hygiene, accumulated garbage" and people storing water in tanks to mitigate the intermittent availability of clean tap water.
From Barron's
"When we drink tap water, we are, depending on where you live, at varying levels of exposure to PFAS," Dr Amati said.
From BBC
Noticing the blue 5-gallon jug of water in the kitchen, he remarked that he would have to remember tap water wasn’t safe to cook with.
From Los Angeles Times
The history professor and editor from Bend, Ore., stuck to tap water during a visit there to celebrate her anniversary with her husband.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.