Lakes and rivers are used for drinking water.
Drinking water is found in rivers. Ground water can also be used for various purposes.
aquifers and rivers
PVC pipes do not corrode, hence these are used for drinking water supply.
areas where people could easily meet, such as crossroads or rivers. Towns needed more water than villages, so a nearby water supply was vital. Rivers would provide the water used for washing and drinking
groundwater, lakes, rivers, and springs
Yes
Early settlers lived near rivers for access to water for drinking, irrigation for agriculture, transportation, and as a food source. Today, rivers are used for drinking water supply, irrigation, transportation, hydroelectric power generation, recreation, and as habitats for wildlife.
Aquifers are used for animal and human drinking water supply, for agricultural irrigation, lawn watering, in manufacturing, sanitation, and any other use of water which one can conceive of.
It depends because some rivers have sweet water like in Puerto Rico.
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers are used as transportation routes It supplies drinking water
Like all African rivers, the Nile was life for the people. It was a water supply for cooking and drinking, it irrigated their fields, it provided fish to eat, with boats it supplied transport.