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第一单元 Systems in the United States Today Americans use approximately 150 to 200 gpcd of water (including commercial usage) and domestic use is approximately 60 gpcd. On the average, over 37 bil gal of water daily are consumed in this country, most of it treated by a public water utility. 如今，美国人均日用水量约为 150 至 200 加仑，家庭人均日用水量约为 60 加仑，平均 全国日用水量达到 370 亿多加仑，其中大部分有公用供水设施进行处理。 provide large amounts of water for domestic use, industry and that of commerce.The story of the development of the public water-supply systems in the US is not only the story of the water-supply field , but the story of a growing country as well; water and its many uses have been integral facets of the growth and expansion of the US. As a matter of record, the transformation of the US from a rural, agricultural nation to an urban, industrialized world power has in fact depended to a large degree on the water supply and the engineering needed to provide large amounts of water for domestic use, industry and that of commerce. 美国公用供水系统的发展史不仅是供水领域的历史，而且是一个不断发展的国家的历 美国公用供水系统的发展史不仅是供水领域的历史，而且是一个不断发展的国家的历 史，水及其诸多的用途一直是美国成长与发展必不可少的重要方面。根据正式记载，美国 从一个乡村化的农业国家转变成一个城市化的工业强国，在很大程度上确实依赖于供水和 从一个乡村化的农业国家转变成一个城市化的工业强国，在很大程度上确实依赖于供水和 为生活，工业及商业提供大量用水所需的工程建设。 为生活，工业及商业提供大量用水所需的工程建设。 The earliest recorded public water-supply The earliest recorded public water-supply system in the US is credited to the City of Boston, Mass.， in 1652. In these early days, people saw little need for a public water-supply Boston, Mass.， in 1652. In these early days, people saw little need for a public water-supply system because the service offered did not appear well or cistern. Water was good if it looked clean-sparkling , clear, cool and free from foreign well or cistern. Water was good if it looked clean-sparkling , clear, cool and free from foreign taste or odor. Such water was readily available from the backyard well Most never stopped to think that think that typhoid, dysentery, cholera, and summer complaint could be caus