water supply

Example Sentences

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Later Tuesday, crews started shutting down some of the water supply that’s cooling the tank.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Committee chairman Alistair Carmichael said: "One cannot overstate the dangers of so many communities losing water supply for extended periods, including schools, GP surgeries and care homes."

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Still, California is enduring its second-worst snow drought in 50 years, which experts say is a sign of how rising temperatures from climate change are worsening the West’s long-term water supply problems.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

Retrofitting the warehouse for immigration detention would create construction sediment that would run into nearby waterways, Maryland’s lawsuit argued, and housing hundreds of people there would strain the water supply and create sewage overflows.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026

Two of these streams were sources of municipal water supply.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson