Definition of "water-system" [water-system]

• In zoology, the water-vascular system. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "He remembered the enlargement of the town water-system — how he had manoeuvred and financed, persuaded small loans at ruinous interest, and laid pipe and made joints by lantern light while the workmen slept, and then been up ahead of them to outline and direct and rack his brains over the raising of the next week-end wages."
• "Both lawmakers said that the president should urge Congress to invest more in road, bridge and water-system repairs and construction, projects they said would strengthen the infrastructure of the nation and create jobs."
• "We've set up volunteer committees--made up of citizens, officials, water-system operators, business owners and anyone that's interested in participating--to visit businesses near water-supply intakes and wells, and we try to educate them on best management practices to prevent pollution."