tap water

Example Sentences

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A tasting session lasting around an hour was a surprise for South African visitor Dere Vermeulen, 19, who normally drinks tap water.

From Barron's

"Then they came in with bottled water and said don't use the tap water to brush your teeth."

From BBC

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

She handed him the largest of the concession stand cups, filled to the brim with tap water.

From Literature

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