The photo at right, taken on Feb. 2, 2010, shows similar methods for acquiring and distributing potable water that were in use immediately after the disaster.(而右圖拍攝于2010年2月2日，則是在地震之后，采取類似的方式給居民分發能夠立刻使用的飲用水。)

Most of the world's potable water—freshwater suitable for drinking—is accounted for by groundwater, which is stored in the pores and fractures in rocks.(世界上大部分的飲用水——適合飲用的淡水——是由地下水提供的，它儲存在巖石的孔隙和裂縫中。)

Plants and microorganisms filter wastewater so it can be reused to flush toilets and for other non-potable USES.(植物和微生物對廢水進行過濾，以便重復使用于沖洗廁所和其它非飲用途。)

A dab of hydrogen peroxide and a flash of ultraviolet light serve as the final sterilizing gatekeepers before the water reenters potable supplies.(在這些水重新進入安全飲用的供水系統之前，作為最后的消毒系統是一小點過氧化氫和閃現紫外光線。)

In addition, accomplishments such as the supply of potable water to a community are only responses to problems that mankind created in the past.(再者，像供應社區飲水的這類成就，就只是人類在為過去所制造的問題做出回應而已。)

Today there's data processing, food services, showers, potable water services, transportation.(而現在有了數據處理，食物救濟，沐浴設施，飲用水服務，以及運輸工作。)

The traffic is murder, the smog so bad locals wear face masks and the tap water isn't potable.(那里的交通狀況真要命，霧霾嚴重、以至于當地人都得戴面罩，而且自來水也不能直接飲用。)

With one of these COINS she would buy a sweet from an Indian shopkeeper. With the other, she would buy potable water from a kiosk.(她會用一個硬幣從一個印度人開的小店里買顆糖，另一個呢，她會從小售貨亭買瓶水。)

However, the undeniable fact is that today there are more schools, hospitals, more potable water, and more economic activity than during the war period.(然而，不可否認的事實是，今天比戰爭年代有了更多的學校、更多的醫院、更多的飲用水、以及更多的經濟活動。)

Use Ultra low-flow water closet or composting toilet. Don't use or use little potable water to water plants.(使用低水量馬桶或無水馬桶。不使用或少使用飲用水澆灌植物。)