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Water system   /wˈɔtər sˈɪstəm/   Listen
Water system

noun
1.
A river and all of its tributaries.
2.
A facility that provides a source of water.  Synonyms: water, water supply.  "First you have to cut off the water"





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"Water system" Quotes from Famous Books



... Jamaica Plain Aqueduct Company was incorporated in 1795, and was the first systematic water system that the city of Boston had. It extended from the Pond to Fort Hill, and had about forty-five miles of pipes, made of white pine logs, nearly a foot and one half in diameter, with a bore of five and three quarters inches. The average daily supply was about 400,000 gallons. In ...
— Annals and Reminiscences of Jamaica Plain • Harriet Manning Whitcomb
... complete, the housekeeper must take into account the matter of operating apparatus. Perhaps a large part of this important department of house equipment has been built into the house. The water system, the sewer connection or its substitute, and the lighting apparatus are already installed, so that the turn of a switch or a faucet, the pull of a chain, sets one or all to work for us. We are now to consider whether we shall buy a vacuum cleaner ...
— Vocational Guidance for Girls • Marguerite Stockman Dickson


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