tap water

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Whenever the power went out, she said, the tap water in the “High Power” unit would turn a “disgusting” brown color, so the inmates were supposed to be provided with six water bottles daily.

From Los Angeles Times

Aware that tap water is unsafe to drink, the family said they boiled the milk–water mixture and allowed it to cool before feeding Avyan.

From BBC

Eventually, they bought a new pump and installed it at a lower level in their well, restoring their tap water.

From Los Angeles Times

To see how well the system could perform outside the lab, the team tested the LDH material in river water, tap water, and wastewater.

From Science Daily

About 24,000 properties in and around Tunbridge Wells had no or low pressure tap water from 29 November until supplies returned to most on 4 December.

From BBC