Mr Seal added: "At a later stage we hope to be also be able to use this for domestic consumption to supply drinking water in our factories.

希尔先生补充道：“在随后的阶段，我们还期待这项技术能为我们的工厂员工提供饮用水，以最终应用于公司内部的消费，”

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Where drinking water is scarce, brackish, or even salt water, if available, may be used for domestic hygiene.

在那些饮用水紧缺的地方，即使是含盐分的水或者咸水也可以用于家庭卫生的维持。

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Certain water areas and land-based areas near the intakes of domestic and drinking surface water sources may be delineated as the first-grade protection zones.

在生活饮用水地表水源一级保护区外，可以划定一定的水域和陆域为其他等级保护区。

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The industrial sector uses an estimated 45% of water in the United States, agriculture accounts for 42% and domestic uses, like drinking and sanitation, account for a mere 13%.

FORBES: The Water-Industrial Complex

So far as the supply of water for domestic purposes is concerned, there is plenty to go around: domestic uses such as drinking, cooking and cleaning make relatively tiny demands on available supplies, and are generally given first call in any case.

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