This report shows that investing more funds without tackling inefficiencies would be like pouring water into a leaking bucket.

本报告表明，投入更多资金而不解决低效问题就如同向漏水的桶里倒水一样。

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Investors can choose between more than 2,700 funds covering everything from Asian property to water companies.

投资者可以在2700多种基金中选择，这些基金涉及从亚洲房地产到供水公司的各个方面。

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The group has already received funds to replace the corroded iron pipes that deliver potable water into their homes with plastic tubes.

这个组织已经接受了一笔资金，用于以塑料管道替换被腐蚀的铁质饮用水管道。

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The Department of Housing and Urban Development, which funds subsidized housing, is demanding that Galveston build 569 low-income units as part of mixed-income developments, not old-fashioned projects or risk losing more than half a billion dollars in storm-recovery funds the city needs to rebuild infrastructure, such as a water-treatment plant, roads and sidewalks.

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The organization also is raising funds to build a water tower, an eco-friendly sanitation system and a library and to help provide electricity.

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There are also listed utilities in the water and energy sectors that offer funds the kind of secure dividend-payers they seek.

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