potable water
Clean drinking supply
Water safe for drinking.
The term appears in regulatory, technical, and travel contexts where water quality matters: The campsite has potable water.
Potable alone can serve as a noun for any drinkable liquid, but potable water is the common phrase, distinguishing treated or tested water from water suitable only for washing or irrigation.
- groundwaterWater in underground rock
- chlorinationDisinfecting with a halogen
- drinkingLiquid consumption act
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
- reverse osmosisPressure-driven membrane filtration
distillation · desalination · wells · ozonation · sanitation · springs · cooking · aquifers · freshwater source · rainwater · boil advisory · bottled · watershed protection · faucet · public fountain · hygiene · glass · thirst
- waterocean, river, sea, lake, wave
- water resourcesfreshwater, aquifers, aquifer, watersheds, groundwater
- water systemsirrigation ditches, irrigation, pipes, tanks, wells
- campgroundscampground, campsites, tent site, RV park, firepit
- drinking watersip, gulp, swallow, drink, cup
- utilitieselectricity, public utilities, gas service, gas, power
potable watercontaminated water
Impure liquid with pathogens
toxic water · raw water · grey water · sewage · wastewater
potable watersewage
Liquid refuse in drains
wastewater · blackwater · contaminated water · dirty water · effluent
water, watered, watering, waterway, waters, waterproof, waterless, potable, wateriness