toxic water
Unsafe to drink
Toxic water is water contaminated with harmful substances—chemicals, heavy metals, pathogens, or pollutants—that make it dangerous to drink, touch, or use: The factory dumped waste into the river, creating toxic water downstream.
The phrase often appears in environmental and public health contexts, describing pollution from industrial runoff, agricultural chemicals, or infrastructure failures like lead pipes.
- contaminatedMade impure by contact
- pollutedMade impure by contaminants
- sewageLiquid refuse in drains
- chemicalsManufactured or isolated substances
- heavy metalsDense metallic environmental contaminants
runoff · chemical spill · poison · sludge · industrial · industrial waste · waste · no swimming · mercury · lead · algae · dead fish · murky · dumping · disease · health hazard · unsafe · drinking
- undrinkableraw sewage, industrial waste, chemical runoff, bleach, gasoline
- nuclear radiationradiation exposure, radiation poisoning, radioactive isotopes, fallout, nuclear meltdown
toxic waterpotable water
Liquid safe for consumption
drinking water · safe water · purified water · spring water · tap water
toxic waterpure water
Uncontaminated H₂O
clean water · distilled water · purified water · fresh water · sterile water
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