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.
The farmers draw irrigation water from the river into the rice fields.
There is a firefighting water tank in the corner of the schoolyard.
Demand for city water increases in summer.
In this area, water is channeled to the rice fields for irrigation.
The water in this pond is used as firefighting water.
During the summer, there can be shortages of irrigation water.
irrigation water
firefighting water; water for firefighting