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A water supply network is a system of engineered hydrologic and hydraulic components, including:
- the watershed or geographic area that collects the water, see water purification - sources of drinking water;
- a raw (untreated) water reservoir (above or below ground) where the water gathers, such as a lake, a river, or groundwater from an underground aquifer;
- a means for delivery from the source to a point of treatment, such as (underground) piping, uncovered ground level aqueducts and/or tunnels;
- water purification, such as a water treatment plant;
- transmission from treatment, through pipes to treated water storage, that may be either elevated or ground level; and
- distribution through piping/watermains from storage to consumption (at houses, fire hydrants, industrial use points, etc).
The product, delivered to the point of consumption is fresh water or drinking water.