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  2. Drinking water - Wikipedia

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    Drinking water or potable water is water that is safe for ingestion, either when drunk directly in liquid form or consumed indirectly through food preparation. It is often (but not always) supplied through taps, in which case it is also called tap water .

  3. Food loss and waste - Wikipedia

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    A majority of food waste food is avoidable, with the rest being divided almost equally into foods which are unavoidable [clarification needed] (e.g. tea bags) and those that are unavoidable due to preference [clarification needed] (e.g. bread crusts) or cooking type (e.g. potato skins).

  4. Wastewater - Wikipedia

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    Wastewater (or waste water) is water generated after the use of freshwater, raw water, drinking water or saline water in a variety of deliberate applications or processes. [1]: 1 Another definition of wastewater is "Used water from any combination of domestic, industrial, commercial or agricultural activities, surface runoff / storm water, and any sewer inflow or sewer infiltration".

  5. Which drinking water is healthiest? The pros and cons of tap ...

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    The Safe Drinking Water Act, which was passed by Congress in 1974, regulates the country’s drinking water supply, focusing on waters that are or could be used for drinking. This act requires ...

  6. Sanitation - Wikipedia

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    Similarly, in Japan, food hygiene has to be achieved through compliance with food sanitation law. [ 48 ] In the food and biopharmaceutical industries, the term "sanitary equipment" means equipment that is fully cleanable using clean-in-place (CIP) and sterilization-in-place (SIP) procedures: that is fully drainable from cleaning solutions and ...

  7. Tap water - Wikipedia

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    An outdoor drinking water tap at Desa Dasan Geria Village, West Lombok. Everything in a building that uses water falls under one of two categories; fixture or appliance. As the consumption points above perform their function, most produce waste/sewage components that will require removal by the waste/sewage side of the system.

  8. California approves rules for converting sewage waste to ...

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    The 69-page document approved on Tuesday provides a legal and regulatory framework for "direct potable reuse," allowing the end-product of advanced purification to be fed straight into drinking ...

  9. Water - Wikipedia

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    Water that is not fit for drinking but is not harmful to humans when used for swimming or bathing is called by various names other than potable or drinking water, and is sometimes called safe water, or "safe for bathing". Chlorine is a skin and mucous membrane irritant that is used to make water safe for bathing or drinking.