Potable alcohol is a high proof alcohol that is drinkable. Liquors such as Bacardi 151 or Everclear fit in this category. Often potable alcohol is used for cleaning items such as pipes, where regular alcohol or denatured alcohol would be harmful if ingested.
Water which is purified and fit for drinking is known as potable water
Certain types of alcohol are potable others are not.
the alcohol in thermometers are either non-potable alcohol or mercury and if you drank either then you would be sick. so yes it is sort of toxic.
potable = drinkable
'Potable' is usually used as such, referring mainly to water.
During National Prohibition in the US, people sometimes drank various forms of non-potable or non-drinkable alcohol. This often led to blindness, paralysis and death.
The water fountain had potable water
Hard water is potable (drinkable).
Potable is from the Latin word "potare" which means "to drink." The term potable water refers to water that is safe to drink.
Tap water is potable, or drinking, water. When it is introduced into a boiler or other non-drinking resources, it becomes NON potable
Are you making Meth or purifying water? Read this for more info. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_water_purification
No. Once you pump anything but potable water with that pump, it's not good for pumping potable water.
Not exactly. Water that comes into your house is potable[ safe to drink] but you pay for it.