water supply

Example Sentences

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Providing about a third of the state’s water supply, the Sierra Nevada snowpack is a vital source of spring and summer runoff that refills reservoirs when the state needs the water most.

From Los Angeles Times

"Another worry is also about the food supplies, the water supplies and everything else that needs to be supplied to the crew."

From Barron's

“The good news about California water infrastructure is it really does take a multi-year drought of significant severity to seriously threaten the actual water supply,” said Swain.

From Los Angeles Times

Preparations and planning continues not just for the event of conventional warfare, but also a nationwide cyber attack, or disruptions to food and water supplies, or an attack on the financial system.

From BBC

But Mayor Kate Gallego says the local population is growing tired of seeing data centers multiply in their communities, straining water supplies and a power grid that are already at breaking point.

From Barron's