In a shop a customer asks the shop assistant: Where is water? or Where is the water?
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Yes. " I don't know if that flies in Britain.
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Yes. I might say "Where is your water?" I don't know if that flies in Britain.
In a shop a customer asks the shop assistant: Where is water? or Where is the bottled water?