Take shorter showers. Heating water uses energy.

洗澡动作快点，洗热水要消耗能源。

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Treating, pumping, and distributing water USES energy.

水的处理、泵提和输送都要消耗能源。

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The process uses electricity to help separate electrically charged salt particles from water to make it drinkable.

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Agriculture uses about eighty percent of the water in the Asia-Pacific area.

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He says reports of water contamination occur wherever there is hydro fracking, perhaps because the process uses such great pressure.

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These water uses account for some 70 percent of southern Nevada's water use.

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It is an interesting proposition, especially considering how much water agriculture uses.

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Like its scaly counterpart, Water Runner uses a rapid slapping motion of the "feet" that provides enough propulsion for the bot to avoid sinking or tipping over.

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