potable water

collocation in English

meaningsofpotableandwater

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potable
adjective
uk
/ˈpəʊ.tə.bəl/us
/ˈpoʊ.t̬ə.bəl/
clean and safe ...
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water
noun
uk
/ˈwɔː.tər/us
/ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ/
a clear liquid, without colour or taste, that falls from the sky as rain and is necessary for animal and ...
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(Definition ofpotableandwaterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is not necessarily so, as is evidenced by the financial problems of thepotablewatersystems in all three states.
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The sites examined include the ocean, permanent bodies ofpotablewater, burial grounds, religious centres and the male and female human body.
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Emergency spending typically involves the supply ofpotablewater, provision of medical services, and distribution of food and medicines in dry years.
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Potablewater, surface and rhizosphere soil were collected from locations suitable for human exposure by direct contact, ingestion, inoculation or inhalation.
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These practices have led to serious problems of erosion, soil compaction, loss of soil fertility, sedimentation of waterways and contamination ofpotablewatersources5-7.
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These services were generally the same in all three states :potablewaterand drainage, transit policing, and property tax collection.
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A second obstacle to the transfer ofpotablewaterin the capital is financial.
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These organisms are foreign topotablewaterand hence their presence is a reasonably sure indication of faecal contamination.
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Water was collected from the terrace tank and at various sites along the hotel'spotablewatersupply and tested for coliform bacteria and residual chlorine.
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Women being active in subsistence agriculture have suffered most from oil-based environment degradation as it relates topotablewater, firewood collection, subsistence farming and subsistence fishing.
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Por table colorimetric test kits can be used to detect low levels of glycols inpotablewatersamples, but are susceptible to interferences.
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The potable and waste water systems of the hotel were reviewed to identify opportunities for contamination of thepotablewatersystem and deficiencies in the management of these systems.
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Other projects approved are a new sewage pumping station and improvements and replacements to the systems of salt andpotablewatersupply.
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There was no reason to descale the desalination tanks since they were only for the storage of cleanpotablewater.
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It also monitors rivers atpotablewaterabstraction points as well as individual discharges, including those from abandoned mines.
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We ensure that our support for the provision ofpotablewateris integrated with improved sanitation and hygiene education.
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