Grants usually help to cover other expenses such as the cost of metered water and public liability insurance.

赠款通常用于帮助以支付诸如水费及公众责任保险费用等其他支出。

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All this is similar to the ideas behind utility computing, in which computing resources were viewed as a metered service, as is the case for more traditional utilities (such as electricity or water).

所有这些都类似于效用计算(utility computing)背后的思想。在效用计算中，计算资源被看作一种计量服务，就像更传统的公共设施(例如水或电)一样。

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Water is metered and charged for.

自来水是用水表计量收费的。

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The machine blends iron, bleach and sodium hydroxide to form a dark purple liquid mixture of ferrate, salt and water that gets metered into the water supply. (The color disappears instantly as it reacts with the water.) Common disinfectants ozone and chlorine can turn the water cloudy or, worse, leave behind harmful chemical by-products.

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Today everyone in the city, including in the slums, has access to potable water, only 7% of the water is "lost" (comparatively, in London 28% of the water is not metered or billed for) and the public utility is making money.

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There really should be a way to denote whether a spot is metered, covered by some wacky city permit law or submerged in a foot of water -- here's hoping the next update will enable comments.

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