How to Use water supply in a Sentence

water supply

noun
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  • The pipe was cracked, severing the water supply and flooding the first floor of the station.
    — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
  • The flow rate of a soaker hose depends on the length and inner diameter of the hose, the pressure of the water supply, and the rate of the faucet.
    — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Apr. 2023
  • If leaks are found, shut off the water supply until the leaks are repaired.
    — al, 26 Dec. 2022
  • Now health officials fear for the state of the water supply, among many other things.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The guideline is used to forecast the state’s water supply in the drier summer months.
    — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2024
  • For decades, many of the households in Rio Verde Foothills had their water hauled in from Scottsdale’s water supply.
    — Daniel Rothberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Talk of birth-order dynamics seems to be in the water supply these days.
    — Allie Volpe, Vox, 10 June 2024
  • The efforts to secure new water supplies could be a race against climate change.
    — Peter Eavis Nathalia Angarita, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Disconnect the water supply to the tank using a set of channel locks.
    — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Jan. 2023
  • In a cooler era, readings like theirs would paint a clear picture of the summer water supply to come.
    — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 20 Nov. 2022
  • The City of Foley said the overflows did not affect any public water supplies.
    — Ike Morgan | Imorgan@al.com, al, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Then, shut off the water supply valves by turning them clockwise.
    — Adria Greenhauff, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Knowing just how much snow will melt and feed the water supply helps growers adjust.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2023
  • In the heart of California, at the place where two great rivers converge beneath the Tule fog, lies the linchpin of one of the largest water supply systems in the world.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Each faucet is solid brass forged and comes with a push pop-up drain stopper, overflow, valve, and water supply line.
    — Rachel Simon, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2023
  • Many said the housing units are cramped and squalid, with cockroaches scuttling across the floor and a briny water supply that caused rashes.
    — Anna Schecter, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The need for conservation and water supply were also added to the reasons for the dam, along with flood control.
    — Sheila Yount, arkansasonline.com, 21 July 2024
  • For Becker, the project’s story starts back in 2002, when a drought laid bare the inadequacy of the city’s water supply.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Both droughts and floods pose threats to the country’s water supply, in some areas combining to compound risks.
    — Outside Online, 12 Nov. 2022
  • The tank that holds the family’s water supply needed to be refilled every three days.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The future of our water supply and the well-being of our communities depends on it.
    — Mack Bernard, Sun Sentinel, 7 July 2024
  • The lizard even has the ability to sense where water supplies are located, DeNardo says.
    — Lily Carey, Discover Magazine, 14 May 2024
  • Pure Water is projected to provide half the city’s water supply when the second phase of the project is completed in 2035.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Killing thousands with cholera by polluting the Haitian water supply?
    — David Adesnik, National Review, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Even water supplies are reliant on energy from the sun to function.
    — Chao Deng, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The slow, steady melting of Sierra Nevada snowpack each spring and summer has long been a key component of the state’s water supply.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The rainy season is still three months away, and is crucial for the densely populated city's water supply.
    — USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Knowing how much snow has fallen in these areas is important for more than just the water supply.
    — Caralin Nunes, The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Poor planning, urban sprawl and scorching dry weather have strained the water supply.
    — Somini Sengupta César Rodríguez, New York Times, 18 May 2024
  • The Italian island of Sicily might have abundant history, but the same can’t be said about its water supply.
    — Will Daniel, Fortune Europe, 10 July 2024

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