culinary water n UT, sID
Water supplied for human consumption and other domestic purposes, as opposed to water for irrigation. Note: In the narrower sense “water for kitchen use,” often explicitly distinguished from drinking water, this is std esp in technical contexts.
[1806 New York NY Bd. Health Documents 91 NYC, All schemes therefore, for procuring potable and culinary water from any source within the city, or in the neighbourhood, ought to be rejected.] 1885 Deseret News (Salt Lake City UT) 4 Nov 662/4, The principal culinary water supply for this city was only partly controlled and not at all owned by the municipality. 1902 Salt Lake Telegram (UT) 17 July 3/4, So you see the farmers are getting all the best of it. But we’ve got to do it because we’re getting culinary water in exchange for irrigating water. 1921 Salt Lake Tribune (UT) 6 Jan 17/7, [Advt:] 14 acres. . ; good water right, also piped culinary water. 1953 ID State Jrl. (Pocatello) 18 Jan 9/4, He emphasized the forest’s principal value as a watershed, responsible for the development of 960,000 acre feet of irrigation and culinary water. 1969 Deseret News (Salt Lake City UT) 3 Jan sec B 13/2, [Advt:] Beautiful ½-acre wooded lot, culinary water. 1983 Cent. UT Jrl. (Orem) 6 Nov 3/3, [Letter:] The mayor stated the water would be brought to my property line, but culinary and irrigation water would still have to be paid. 2001 Daily Herald (Provo UT) 20 Dec sec A 3/2, The system would allow residents to use irrigation water for their lawns and gardens instead of using culinary water. [2022 Pantagraph (Bloomington IL) 24 Nov sec A 4/5, Consumers under a boil order should boil all drinking and culinary water for at least five minutes before use, according to the Illinois EPA.] 2023 Times–News (Twin Falls ID) 2 Nov sec A 6/2, My priorities: . . (c) Finish a water grant that will show the capacity for the existing culinary water well for future city growth.