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- adjective Not
drinkable
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Examples
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Mr. Goto assigns tasks including sorting the garbage, washing the bathrooms, sweeping the surrounding areas and cleaning a water tank for nonpotable water.
Evacuees Set Rules to Create Sense of Normalcy Daisuke Wakabayashi 2011
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What they have in common is a goal of recycling everything from sink water to rain runoff, and reusing it for nonpotable purposes such as toilet flushing and lawn watering.
Building Owners Want Water That Never Leaves Jim Carlton 2011
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In an email, the institute said the industry should consider nonpotable water "whenever practicable," but decisions must be made on a "case-by-case basis."
Oil's Growing Thirst for Water Russell Gold 2011
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Rather than dumping treated wastewater into rivers or the ocean, it can be cleaned further for irrigation, industrial or other nonpotable uses, or to be returned to aquifers.
High-Tech Cures for Water Shortages Michael Totty 2010
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In October, the district broke ground on a $52 million water treatment plant that will deliver eight million gallons a day of recycled water for nonpotable uses when it comes on line in late 2012, says Beau Goldie, the district's chief executive.
Amid Deluge, Districts Plan for Next Dry Spell Jim Carlton 2011
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It turns out that the nonpotable water they were providing to soldiers in the camps that we had a hearing on was more contaminated than raw water from the Euphrates River.
David Isenberg: Miles to Go Before the PMC Industry Rests David Isenberg 2010
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It turns out that the nonpotable water they were providing to soldiers in the camps that we had a hearing on was more contaminated than raw water from the Euphrates River.
David Isenberg: Miles to Go Before the PMC Industry Rests David Isenberg 2010
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It turns out that the nonpotable water they were providing to soldiers in the camps that we had a hearing on was more contaminated than raw water from the Euphrates River.
David Isenberg: Miles to Go Before the PMC Industry Rests David Isenberg 2010
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I nearly dumped her wine in the sink so I could fill the glass with tap water until I saw the nonpotable sign.
The Viognier Vendetta Ellen Crosby 2010
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The standard, as I understand it, is to use PVC pipes only for nonpotable water.
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