The water company says it plans to install more water-dispensing machines.

这家水公司称计划安装更多售水机。

These bottled water companies say they're just meeting consumer demand.

这些瓶装水公司说，他们只是在满足消费者的需求。

Bottled water companies often brag about the purity of their drinks.

瓶装水公司通常会夸耀自家水的纯度。

The water companies were instructed not to expose people to polluted water any more.

自来水公司也接到指令，不能再让人们接触被污染的水了。

How do you do that? Well, imagine you're in charge of a bottled water company.

你要怎么办到呢？嗯，想像你负责一间瓶装水公司。

After a long and bitter battle, Suez and Veolia, two French water companies, agreed to merge.

经过漫长而艰苦的斗争，两家法国水务公司苏伊士和威立雅同意合并。

The Israeli Energy Minister ordered the Israeli national water company to cut off the water supply to Gaza.

以色列能源部长命令以色列国家水务公司切断对加沙的供水。

Reports say those who illegally use water can have their supply cut off by the state-owned water company, Sonede.

报道称，那些非法用水的人可能会被国有自来水公司Sonede切断供水。

Luanda's water company says financial issues have slowed progress, but its current infrastructure projects will soon improve access to clean water.

罗安达的自来水公司称，财政问题减缓了供水进程，但是，罗安达目前的基础设施项目将很快改善洁净水的供应。

Private water companies often own the things that bring water to you: pipes, pumps and dams. So, they can charge for it.

管道、水泵和水坝。因此，他们可以收费。

On April 1st, what the water companies could charge us shot up in the south-east.

4 月 1 日， 自来水公司可以向我们收取的费用在东南部飙升。

Now, the water regulator allows water companies to increase their charges once a year.

现在，水务监管机构允许自来水公司每年增加一次收费。

But now is changing, the World Bank and Nairobi water company five years ago begun a program to provide clean and cheap water to residents.

而现如今境况已经发生了改变。5年前世界银行及内罗毕水源公司开展了一个向当地居民提供清洁且价格低廉水源的项目。

The French government announced at the end of April that water companies could spend an additional 100 million pounds (104 million dollars) to help farmers create new reservoirs.

法国政府在 4 月底宣布，水务公司可以额外支出 1 亿英镑（1.04 亿美元），来帮助农民建造新的水库。

So I'd urge people like Conor who feel like they're being fobbed off by their water company to just keep up the pressure and keep going.

因此，我会敦促像 Conor 这样觉得自己被自来水公司欺骗的人保持压力并继续前进。

Martin believes that in fact banks have become so important that they should be considered more like an electric or a water company than a for-profit business.

马丁认为，事实上银行已经变得如此重要，以至于它们更像是一家电力公司或自来水公司，而不是营利性企业。

And I have heard from people up and down the nation, customers of all water companies, saying that they're having trouble getting an appointment with companies to see whether a metre can be fitted in their home.

我从全国各地的人那里听到，所有自来水公司的客户都说他们很难与公司预约， 看看他们家里是否可以安装水表。

People don't use checks as much as they used to, but many people still pay their bills – pay the money they owe, for example, the gas company or the water company – by sending them a " check" in the mail.

人们不像以前那样经常使用支票，但许多人仍然通过邮寄“支票” 来支付账单——支付他们欠的钱，例如，天然气公司或自来水公司。