water supply

2 definitions found

water supply - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Water supply \Wa"ter sup*ply"\
     A supply of water; specifically, water collected, as in
     reservoirs, and conveyed, as by pipes, for use in a city,
     mill, or the like.
     [1913 Webster]

water supply - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  water supply
      n 1: 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" [syn: water system, water supply
           , water]