未关的水龙头 、 时间过长的洗浴、夏天的水仗嬉戏,这些都浪费了宝贵的饮用水资源.

Taps are left running, showers last too long and summer water fights waste valuable drinking water.

但是有时候把淡化作为水资源管理办法的一部分，也许是确保稳定供应饮用水的唯一办法。

But sometimes, making desalination part of the approach to water management may be the only way to ensure a steady supply of drinking water.

分质供水是随着社会经济的发展和人民生活水平的提高而出现的，对饮用水需求层次要求以及合理利用水资源要求的产物。

It is a new water supply mode that emerged along with the people's drinking water demand raising and rational utilization water resource demand.