用よう水すい

noun

water for a specific use; irrigation water; firefighting water; city or stored service water

A general noun for water supplied, set aside, or used for a practical purpose. Common in compounds specifying the purpose, especially agriculture, firefighting, urban supply, or stored water.

• 農のう家かは川かわから田たんぼに用よう水すいを引ひいている。

  The farmers draw irrigation water from the river into the rice fields.

• 校こう庭ていの隅すみに防ぼう火か用よう水すいのタンクがある。

  There is a firefighting water tank in the corner of the schoolyard.

• 夏なつになると都と市し用よう水すいの需じゅ要ようが増ふえる。

  Demand for city water increases in summer.