drinkable
Example Sentences
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Since mining got underway, "the water of the river is not drinkable; you can't even wash your body with that water", he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
Israel depends on the plants for about 80% of its drinkable water.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026
Official estimates suggest that around 55% of the town's drinkable water is lost to leaking pipes.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
But Pi is only able to relate the fanciful version of events that allowed him to survive for so long at sea without food or drinkable water.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025
Microfiltration, reverse osmosis, ultraviolet radiation, and abracadabra—they turned the county’s last day of raw sewage into nearly fifty thousand gallons of drinkable water.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
