WordNet
n. a river and all of its tributaries
facility that provides a source of water; "the town debated the purification of the water supply"; "first you have to cut off the water" [syn: water supply, water]
Usage examples of "water system".
It will be run as the same sort of public corporation as the linear rail system and the water system.
By July 2000, Ecuador had to transfer ownership of its biggest water system to foreign operators, then Ecuador would grant British Petroleum’.
But everywhere were the great quartz rods, suggesting some complicated water system.
Even as she unlocked her door, she was dreaming about a hot bowl of soup, maybe a mound of chips, if she had any left, and coffee that didn't taste like someone had spilled sewage into the water system.
A successful Flush for God campaign can really screw up the water system.
Diseases tailor-made for deadliness and for ease of distribution-say a virus that can be put into New York City's water system and won't be destroyed by processing nor detected by ordinary methods of analysis.