potable
Example Sentences
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There’s no electricity grid, and no potable water.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
La Cruz Roja Colombiana is looking to provide essential medical care, help fix the failing telecommunications networks, give access to potable water, connect families and aid in rescue missions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
The crew also does not have access to potable drinking water.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026
Burr and his co-conspirators absconded with the money, and it took another 40 years for New Yorkers to gain wide access to potable water.
From Barron's ● Dec. 19, 2025
To make the water potable, the Maya laid a layer of crushed limestone atop the sediments, effectively paving over the salt.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
