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English translation: domestic water

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Spanish term or phrase:	agua sanitaria
English translation:	domestic water
Entered by:	David Russell

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15:42 Jan 12, 2006

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Spanish term or phrase: agua sanitaria

What is the best translation into British English of this term. I take it to mean mains water, not necessarily fit for drinking, for example. Am I right in that?

"En la primera se ubican los aljibes de agua sanitaria e incendios, así como, los grupos de presión y los equipos de tratamiento de aguas."

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Local time: 23:05

domestic water (supply)

Explanation:
The "domestic" was suggested to me be a client when I was translating a similar thing

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David Russell
Spain
Local time: 06:05

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Summary of answers provided

5 +3

domestic water (supply)

David Russell

water supply

Edward Tully

fresh water

Fred Neild

sanitary water

Colette Rickards

potable water/ drinking water

Catriona Kirkwood

flush / cistern water

Jaime Castro

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

3 mins confidence:

water supply

Explanation:
you're right - they are talking about the whole supply to homes

Edward Tully
Local time: 06:05
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 300

9 mins confidence:

flush / cistern water

Explanation:
Yo entiendo que es el agua que se usa para el baño o para apagar incendios.

Cistern

2. A tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet.

3. An artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater.

Jaime Castro
United States
Local time: 00:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

domestic water (supply)

Explanation:
The "domestic" was suggested to me be a client when I was translating a similar thing

David Russell
Spain
Local time: 06:05
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

37 mins confidence:

potable water/ drinking water

Explanation:
Me parece que se pueden usar ambos. Es muy común ver drinking water

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The expression "water mains" is used for the water supply system, but I have never hears of "mains water". It doesn't sound correct to me but I might be mistaken.

Catriona Kirkwood
Local time: 01:05
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish

1 hr confidence:

sanitary water

Explanation:
sounds strange in English, at least to me, but in a recent translation I discovered that it is actually used quite often, especially in the matter of water heating and filtration. Look it up online and you'll see lots of hits for "sanitary water" and "sanitary hot water."
Personally, I like "domestic water supply" as already proposed, but evidently "sanitary water" is not as strange as it sounds to me.

Colette Rickards
Local time: 06:05
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

3 hrs confidence:

fresh water

Explanation:
this is what one of my clients uses
it is a chemical company

Fred Neild
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

Portuguese

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