With luck, enough water would remain in the river to carry him to its mouth.
Aside from these most human concerns, there remains the water.
And some water had of course remained in the aquifer.
If the water remains in the basin until you open the drain and let it out, your work is done.
Even with the pump going, the water in it remains about a foot deep.
The water remains in the straw until you life your finger off.
But water never entered inside the village and remained safe.
We walked where a sea had been, but no water remained.
Some open water remained at one end of the car.
The last course was carried out; only the wine and water remained.