Definitions for water supply
wa·ter sup·p·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. water system, water supply, waternoun

   a facility that provides a source of water

   "the town debated the purification of the water supply"; "first you have to cut off the water"

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Water supply

   Water supply is the provision of water by public utilities, commercial organisations, community endeavors or by individuals, usually via a system of pumps and pipes. Public water supply systems are crucial to properly functioning societies. These systems are what supply drinking water to populations around the globe. Aspects of service quality include continuity of supply, water quality and water pressure. The institutional responsibility for water supply is arranged differently in different countries and regions (urban versus rural). It usually includes issues surrounding policy and regulation, service provision and standardization. The cost of supplying water consists, to a very large extent, of fixed costs (capital costs and personnel costs) and only to a small extent of variable costs that depend on the amount of water consumed (mainly energy and chemicals). Almost all service providers in the world charge tariffs to recover part of their costs. Water supply is a separate topic from irrigation, the practice and systems of water supply on a larger scale, for a wider variety of purposes, primarily agriculture.

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1. water supply

   A water supply refers to a system, infrastructure, or process that provides, stores, treats and distributes water from its source to residential, commercial, industrial, or public facilities for consumption, sanitation, and other uses. It includes a network of pipes, pumps, wells, reservoirs, filtration systems, treatment plants and various structures and mechanisms designed to make water safe and accessible.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.7 / 7 votes

1. Water supply

   a supply of water; specifically, water collected, as in reservoirs, and conveyed, as by pipes, for use in a city, mill, or the like

WikidataRate this definition:3.7 / 10 votes

1. Water supply

   Water supply is the provision of water by public utilities, commercial organisations, community endeavors or by individuals, usually via a system of pumps and pipes. Irrigation is covered separately.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:4.0 / 6 votes

1. Water Supply

   Source, means, or process of supplying water (as for a community) usually including reservoirs, tunnels, and pipelines and often the watershed from which the water is ultimately drawn. (Webster, 3d ed)

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. water supply

   A safe and secure supply of water.

   The water supply is working efficiently.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 26, 2021  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of water supply in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of water supply in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of water supply in a Sentence

1. Guiyolette Fenfen:

   The water supply stopped in 2012, but what's worst is living here during the hurricane season. The tent floods and it collapses in the wind.

2. Max Wiznitzer:

   It’s an interesting association, but causation is definitely not proven, we have to see if there’s a viable and biologically plausible mechanism by which a small amount of lithium in the water supply can somehow do this, yet pharmacologic dosing of lithium in women with bipolar disorder has not been reported to be causing increased risk of ASD.

3. James Bevan:

   Demand for water will rise as the population grows, whilst water supply is likely to reduce as the effects of climate change kick in, around 25 years from now, where those two lines cross is known by some as the jaws of death -- the point at which we will not have enough water to supply our needs, unless we take action to change things.

4. Jessica Jones:

   We have complied with every requirement in the coastal development act, and we are bringing a new climate resilient, high-quality water supply to very thirsty California, this decision on Thursday is going to send a strong, strong message to the administration and to anyone looking to develop a seawater desalination plant in California or bring in any new water supply.

5. Jerry Meral:

   The voters know this is a dry state, very much prone to droughts, and increasingly subject to water supply variability due to climate change.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=water supply
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Supply
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water supply
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=water supply