reserve supplies

reserve supplies

Supplies accumulated in excess of immediate needs for the purpose of ensuring continuity of an adequate supply. Also called reserves. See also battle reserves; beach reserves; contingency retention stock; economic retention stock; individual reserves; initial reserves; unit reserves.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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Investments made in Washington Water's systems include new pumping equipment and water mains to reliably deliver water to customers, water treatment facilities to meet water quality standards, wells to increase supply, and storage tanks to augment reserve supplies for customers' everyday needs and firefighters' emergency resources.
Tulla Reserve Supplies obtained a loan from the bank but a dispute arose after the parties failed to agree on terms of payment.
Yesterday when the matter came for hearing, Tulla Reserve Supplies applied to have the bank refund a surety it had deposited with the bank to enable it dispose it so that it can repay the loan.
Reserve supplies will be on hand to ensure no one's glass is left empty."
Reserve supplies of water for residents in Abu Dhabi will increase from about three days to up to 90 days once the biggest project of its kind in the Middle East is completed.
The new reservoirs project will shore up the country's reserve supplies and protect against any disruptions in provision.
It emerged that the undertaker with the plywood had been issued with reserve supplies in case there was heavy bombing resulting in many deaths and the need for quickly constructed coffins.
Reserve supplies would be provided if a consumption country fulfilled obligations on returning spent fuel.