佛罗里达州坦帕市的官员们最近不大不小吃了一惊：一家企业要求该市每天向他们供水四十万加仑(一百五十万升)。这家企业(US Envirofuels)正在兴建佛罗里达州第一家乙醇燃料工厂。

OFFICIALS in Tampa, Florida, got a surprise recently when a local firm building the state's first ethanol-production factory put in a request for 400,000 gallons (1.5m litres) a day of city water.

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佛罗里达州坦帕市的官员们最近不大不小吃了一惊：一家企业要求该市每天向他们供水四十万加仑（一百五十万升）。 这家企业（US Envirofuels）正在兴建佛罗里达州第一家乙醇燃料工厂。

OFFICIALS in Tampa, Florida, got a surprise recently when a local firm building the state's first ethanol-production factory put in a request for 400, 000 gallons (1.5m litres) a day of city water.

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尤凯亚市在旧金山以北大约两个小时车程的地方。 该公司2001年开始营业，目前每天生产大约3千7百升生物柴油。

Kumar Plocher founded the company in 2001, and it now produces about 3700 liters of biodiesel fuel every day.

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