Tap water (running water, city water, municipal water, etc.) is potable water supplied to a tap (valve) inside the household or workplace. It is a principal component of "indoor plumbing", which became available in urban areas of the developed world during the last quarter of the 19th century, and common during the mid-20th century. The application of technologies involved in providing clean (potable) water to homes, businesses and public buildings is a major subfield of sanitary engineering. Calling potable water "tap water" distinguishes it from the other main types of potable water, such as water from rainwater-collecting cisterns, from village pumps (town pumps), or from streams, rivers, or lakes (whose potability varies).
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... While Canada has lots of fresh water (7% of the world's renewable freshwater), this water is not always available where needed ... border with the United States and most of the country's fresh water draining to the north it is not surprising that those drainage basins with higher freshwater use to availability ratios are also located ... Municipal water supply accounts for 12% of water use in Canada ...
... In water and ice-based baths, tap water is commonly used due to ease of access and the higher costs of using ultrapure water ... However, tap water and ice derived from tap water can be a contaminant to biological and chemical samples ... a similar cooling or freezing effect as ice baths without the use of water or ice ...
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