In developed countries, drinkable water in not only abundant, it's considered a right.

在发达国家，饮用水不但取之不尽，更被视为一种权利。

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It will do little good to alleviate poverty if you can no longer harvest your crops or find drinkable water.

如果庄稼不再有收获，或找不到饮用水，贫困就得不到减少。

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High costs, in money and energy, limit the usefulness of desalination as a way to provide drinkable water in disaster areas.

由于资金和能源方面的高代价，限制应用了海水淡化装置来为灾区提供洁净的饮用水。

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The process uses electricity to help separate electrically charged salt particles from water to make it drinkable.

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Even after being processed at the city's water treatment plants the water takes another journey through leaky pipes that ensure it is no longer drinkable once it reaches people's homes.

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And at the famed Wiezmann Institute for Science, researchers are trying to turn dirty water into drinkable water.

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Thousands of residents who were unable or unwilling to leave the city were stranded without food or drinkable water for days.

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Ms. MANGONES: It's a very critical place because the water main that brings drinkable water to Port-au-Prince goes through that property.

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