Potable
adjective
Safe to drink, not poisonous or harmful.
The travelers carried enough potable water to survive in the desert.
Often appears as...
- potable water
- potable liquid
adjective
Safe to drink, not poisonous or harmful.
The travelers carried enough potable water to survive in the desert.
Often appears as...
- potable water
- potable liquid
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Water Context
Mainly describes the quality of water, often referring to its safety for human consumption.
I always check if the tap water is potable when I travel to a new country.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Clear
Clear water isn't always potable. Potable means it's been tested and confirmed to be safe.
Despite the stream's clarity, the hikers questioned if it was potable.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Flavor
Potable doesn't refer to taste. Water can taste bad but still be potable.
The sulfur-rich water was potable, albeit with an unpleasant taste.
Pro Tip 1/3Water Context
Mainly describes the quality of water, often referring to its safety for human consumption.
I always check if the tap water is potable when I travel to a new country.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Clear
Clear water isn't always potable. Potable means it's been tested and confirmed to be safe.
Despite the stream's clarity, the hikers questioned if it was potable.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Flavor
Potable doesn't refer to taste. Water can taste bad but still be potable.
The sulfur-rich water was potable, albeit with an unpleasant taste.
Pro Tip 1/3Water Context
Mainly describes the quality of water, often referring to its safety for human consumption.
I always check if the tap water is potable when I travel to a new country.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Clear
Clear water isn't always potable. Potable means it's been tested and confirmed to be safe.
Despite the stream's clarity, the hikers questioned if it was potable.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Flavor
Potable doesn't refer to taste. Water can taste bad but still be potable.
The sulfur-rich water was potable, albeit with an unpleasant taste.
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The danger of science...
despite all our accomplishments, a billion people go to bed hungry in this world every day. That number's rising, and it's rising really rapidly, and it's disgraceful. And not only that, we've used our imagination to thoroughly trash this globe. Potable water, arable land, rainforests, oil,
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Richard Seymour: How...
that this plastic bag if I put it into a filthy puddle or a stream filled with coliforms and all sorts of disgusting stuff, that that filthy water will migrate through the wall of the bag by osmosis and end up inside it as pure, potable drinking water. And all of a sudden, this plastic bag
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The danger of science...
all their accomplishments a billion people go to bed hungry in this world every day that number is rising and it's rising really rapidly and it's disgraceful and not only that we've used our imagination to thoroughly trash this globe potable water arable land rain
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George Steinmetz: Seeing...
sea in the world it's the size of France Belgium and Holland combined it's extremely dangerous place to go nobody goes in there there's no point of of a potable water there's no permanent habitation and it's all sand not a single rocket there this is a the empty
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Why Africa must become a...
are busy figuring out how to pipe water from Libya's aquifers to quench Europe's thirst. Such is our knowledge of our water resources that many of our countries have given up on making potable water a routine presence in the lives of Africans,
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Economic growth has...
you're concerned about what that does to natural resources -- arable land, potable water, energy and minerals. You are also concerned about the degradation of the environment. And you worry about how man, embodied in the corporate globalist,
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A young scientist's...
where I can just turn on a tap and easily get clean, potable water, in India, the water is often contaminated. So my parents have to make sure that the water we drink is safe. However, I soon realized that not everyone is fortunate enough
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Jota Samper: The...
My friends and I lived close to each other, but worlds apart. I lived in a neighborhood with a museum, a library, parks, and they lived in a neighborhood with the lack of the most basic necessities, such as potable water or electricity.
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The Water Crisis PIPE...
with clean fresh water so i'm encouraged to see drought tolerant yards appearing all over my neighborhood my local library has cut its potable water use by 90 percent and it looks stunning
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Building bridges and...
in our lifetime but it's not about the bridges it's about Angelique in Uganda saving hours off of her walk to safe potable
Video examples
The danger of science...
despite all our accomplishments, a billion people go to bed hungry in this world every day. That number's rising, and it's rising really rapidly, and it's disgraceful. And not only that, we've used our imagination to thoroughly trash this globe. Potable water, arable land, rainforests, oil,
Video examples
Richard Seymour: How...
that this plastic bag if I put it into a filthy puddle or a stream filled with coliforms and all sorts of disgusting stuff, that that filthy water will migrate through the wall of the bag by osmosis and end up inside it as pure, potable drinking water. And all of a sudden, this plastic bag
Video examples
The danger of science...
all their accomplishments a billion people go to bed hungry in this world every day that number is rising and it's rising really rapidly and it's disgraceful and not only that we've used our imagination to thoroughly trash this globe potable water arable land rain
Video examples
George Steinmetz: Seeing...
sea in the world it's the size of France Belgium and Holland combined it's extremely dangerous place to go nobody goes in there there's no point of of a potable water there's no permanent habitation and it's all sand not a single rocket there this is a the empty
Video examples
Why Africa must become a...
are busy figuring out how to pipe water from Libya's aquifers to quench Europe's thirst. Such is our knowledge of our water resources that many of our countries have given up on making potable water a routine presence in the lives of Africans,
Video examples
Economic growth has...
you're concerned about what that does to natural resources -- arable land, potable water, energy and minerals. You are also concerned about the degradation of the environment. And you worry about how man, embodied in the corporate globalist,
Video examples
A young scientist's...
where I can just turn on a tap and easily get clean, potable water, in India, the water is often contaminated. So my parents have to make sure that the water we drink is safe. However, I soon realized that not everyone is fortunate enough
Video examples
Jota Samper: The...
My friends and I lived close to each other, but worlds apart. I lived in a neighborhood with a museum, a library, parks, and they lived in a neighborhood with the lack of the most basic necessities, such as potable water or electricity.
Video examples
The Water Crisis PIPE...
with clean fresh water so i'm encouraged to see drought tolerant yards appearing all over my neighborhood my local library has cut its potable water use by 90 percent and it looks stunning
Video examples
Building bridges and...
in our lifetime but it's not about the bridges it's about Angelique in Uganda saving hours off of her walk to safe potable
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Quote examples
Ursula Burns
American Businesswoman
The world is full of opportunities - every day there's something new that you can do. For example, you could make dirty water potable. Why does anyone not have potable water? Because it's a problem that hasn't been solved yet, but it can be.
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Dean Kamen
American Inventor
We're working on ways to make potable water from polluted water, whether it has organics in it or salt from the ocean, at very low energy input.
Quote examples
Ursula Burns
American Businesswoman
The world is full of opportunities - every day there's something new that you can do. For example, you could make dirty water potable. Why does anyone not have potable water? Because it's a problem that hasn't been solved yet, but it can be.
Quote examples
Dean Kamen
American Inventor
We're working on ways to make potable water from polluted water, whether it has organics in it or salt from the ocean, at very low energy input.
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