Noun

water (1)

Singular water

Plural countable and uncountable; plural waters

water (countable and uncountable; plural waters)

  1. (uncountable) A clear liquid potable by humans and animals; the chemical H2O.
  2. (sometimes countable) Mineral water.
    Perrier is the most popular water in this restaurant.
  3. (countable, often in plural) Spa water.
    Many people visit Bath to take the waters.
  4. (alchemy) One of the four basic elements.
  5. (India and Japan) One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
  6. (in plural) A sea belonging to particular country.
    The boat was found in within the territorial waters.
  7. (in plural) Any body of water, such as a river or a lake.
    He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.Psalms 23:2
  8. (colloquial) Urine.
  9. (British, in plural) amniotic fluid.
    Before the child is born, the pregnant woman’s waters break.
  10. (North American, in singular) Amniotic fluid.
    Before the child is born, the pregnant woman’s water breaks.
  11. (figuratively, in plural or in singular) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.
  12. (countable) A serving of water.
    I would like to order a water
  13. Tap water, or well/pump water, as opposed to bottled water.
    Do not drink the water.
  14. (British, in combination, capitalised) Particular lakes in the lake district.
    That is Coniston Water.

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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Mon Jul 6 09:47:58 2009

Water is a ubiquitous chemical substance that is essential for the survival of all known forms of life. In typical usage, water refers only to its liquid form or state, but the substance also has a solid state, ice, and a gaseous state, water vapor or steam. Water covers 71% of the Earth's surface. On Earth, it is found mostly in oceans and other large water bodies, with 1.6% of water below ground in aquifers and 0.001% in the air as vapor, clouds (formed of solid and liquid water particles suspended in air), and precipitation. Saltwater oceans hold 97% of surface water, glaciers and polar ice caps 2.4%, and other land surface water such as rivers, lakes and ponds 0.6%. A very small amount of the Earth's water is contained within biological bodies and manufactured products. Other water is trapped in ice caps, glaciers, aquifers, or in lakes, sometimes providing fresh water for life on land.

Water moves continually through a cycle of evaporation or transpiration (evapotranspiration), precipitation, and runoff, usually reaching the sea. Winds carry water vapor over land at the same rate as runoff into the sea. Over land, evaporation and transpiration contribute to the precipitation over land.

Clean, fresh drinking water is essential to human and other lifeforms. Access to safe drinking water has improved steadily and substantially over the last decades in almost every part of the world. There is a clear correlation between access to safe water and GDP per capita. However, some observers have estimated that by 2025 more than half of the world population will be facing water-based vulnerability. Water plays an important role in the world economy, as it functions as a solvent for a wide variety of chemical substances and facilitates industrial cooling and transportation. Approximately 70 percent of freshwater is consumed by agriculture.

From Wikipedia under the GNU Free Documentation License
Mon Jul 6 07:32:27 2009

Is drinking water such as Ozarka good for fish?
Q. I have noticed that my 5-gallon fish tank loses water as the weeks go by. This causes the water level to go below the top of the filtration unit, which causes less water to get filtrated. That's why I want to put more water. I can't use tap water because my dechlorination tablets are for ten gallons of water and I need to put in less than half a gallon. Will it be safe for my fish if I put in Ozarka drinking water?
Asked by brian123 - Sun Oct 7 14:15:52 2007 - - 2 Answers - 2 Comments

A. Bottled drinking water will often still have chlorine or chloramines in it, which are toxic for fish. Your best bet is to get a big bucket and put in 5 or 2.5 gallons of water and then break one of your tablets in half or into quarters and drop it in. Then top off your tank with that water whenever it needs it.
Answered by Ghost Shrimp Fan - Sun Oct 7 14:27:12 2007

Is irrigation water ok to use on a vegetable garden?
Q. We have culinary water for our house and secondary (irrigation) water for our sprinkler system in our lawn. We recently installed a spigot next to our garden that feeds off the irrigation water, sprinkler system. We thought it would be cheaper to use the irrigation water on the garden because we water so much, but now I've heard that irrigation water can be hazardous to use on vegetable that we will be eating. Is this true?
Asked by vegasmel - Tue Mar 20 16:38:11 2007 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Only if you are near a major fertilizer maker or other dangerous chemical manufacturer. Such as pesticides, etc. Irrigation water is excellent for watering gardens, but I would recommend having at least tested two years in a row for dangerous chemicals. If it turns up clean two years in a row, it's a pretty safe bet you are o.k.
Answered by physics guy - Tue Mar 20 16:43:34 2007

water tower how water towers work or distribute the water in a city?
Q. I know in cities are tap water comes from a water tower but how does a water tower work.Where does the water tower get water from? How does the pump work? What distribute the water or keep the water pressure at the right level?
Asked by Ron - Mon Mar 30 20:23:37 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. The city pumps water up into the water tower. The city water system then supplies water from the tower, which, because of it's height, provides sufficient water pressure to all the outlets. The tower capacity must be large enough not to drop sufficiently to prevent insufficient pressure at all outlets.
Answered by S. J - Mon Mar 30 20:33:41 2009

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Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. - Psalms 65:9
  • All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
  • Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
  • Water is a very good servant, but it is a cruell maister.
  • Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
    • Bruce Lee as quoted in Bruce Lee : A Warrior's Journey (2000)