water services

Tap and sewage

Water services refers to the infrastructure and utilities that supply, treat, and manage water for residential, commercial, and industrial use.

This includes drinking water delivery, wastewater treatment, and sewage systems.

The term typically appears in municipal or regulatory contexts: The city's water services department handles billing and repairs.

A property's water services may also mean the physical pipes connecting it to the main supply.

Opposites
utility type

water servicesgas services

Piped fuel infrastructure

internet services · electric utility · gas utility · broadband services

service provision vs. absence

water serviceswater scarcity

Insufficient freshwater for demand

self-supply · well water · rainwater collection

water management function

water servicessewer services

Public drainage and treatment

sanitation services

Family

water, services, waters, watered, watering, watery, waterless, service, serve

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G