Taxpayers already bear some of the costs of water, shovelling money into loss-making public utilities.

纳税人已经承担了部分供水费用，把钱投进亏损的公共设施。

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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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Basically, too many boats are on the water - twice the number needed to catch the amount of fish being hauled in each year - and operating those extra boats costs money.

最基本的问题是，海上的渔船太多了——每年都有超过所需数量一倍的鱼被捕获——而操作这些多余的渔船需要花钱。

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But she decided to take on the challenge of taking to the water single-handed to raise money to help cover the volunteers' costs to travel to Japan to compete in an international competition later this year.

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Or, of course, the taxpayer can pay directly, simply shovel the money from the Treasury out to the water companies to pay these extra costs.

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That is why with tight labour, rising energy costs and abundant money, it would be better to pour on more boiling water.

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