They wanted to build plants that would clean local wastewater - aka sewage water - and after that cleaning, make it available as drinking water.

他们希望建设一些清洁当地污水的水厂，称为污水处理厂，并且在处理后使这些水成为饮用水。

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You see, we are all already basically drinking water that has at one point been sewage.

你看，我们基本上都已经在用曾经在某一点上是污水的水。

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Those chemicals pass through the sewage system and might even end up in our drinking water.

这些化学品将穿越污水系统，并可能最终进入我们的饮用水中。

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Water purification plants (especially in large cities which recycle their sewage waste right back into the drinking supply) will hopefully get prioritized for energy allocations when rationing starts.

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When storms hit, these systems can overflow, sending untreated sewage into rivers, lakes, beaches, and drinking water supplies.

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If all goes according to plan, by the year 2001, the city's sewage water will be treated and recycled right into the drinking tap.

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