The water system provides drinking water for 42 million people and is a defining characteristic of the states and provinces along its borders.

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Mr. ERIC KROLL: I mean, it was like toilet water pretty much, and, you know, I'm nauseated now, trying to get my system back drinking water.

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Since alcohol is a diuretic (it purges fluid from your system) drinking water and taking aspirin before going to bed can reduce the severity of hangover symptoms.

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The project involved the installation of a water purification system capable of producing up to 20, 000 liters of drinking water per day and currently supplies over 600 residents with clean drinking water.

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The toads' destination: their birthplace in the Roxborough Reservoir, which once provided drinking water to Philadelphians and is now preserved as open space in the city's park system.

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The city council said on Saturday that a chemical-clean of the water system was taking longer than the expected 36 hours, and that bottled drinking water and alternative bathing facilities were being provided.

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