第3092期:Vision for Future Urban Water Use

This is how these young engineers envision Jacksonville, a coastal city in Florida in the next 100 years.这就是这些年轻工程师对佛罗里达州沿海城市杰克逊维尔未来百年的设想。The model called Agua Prope, meaning clean water, was presented by a team of middle school students from Houston at the Future City Nationals in Washington DC.这款名为Agua Prope的模型寓意为"洁净之水"，由休斯顿中学生团队在华盛顿特区举办的未来城市全国总决赛中展示。The students' goal was to build a city with a clean and reliable water supply.学生们的目标是建造一座拥有清洁可靠供水系统的城市。Many members on the Houston team have roots in Karachi, Pakistan's largest and most populated city, where water shortages and access to clean water are a persistent problem.休斯顿队的许多队员都来自巴基斯坦最大且人口最多的城市卡拉奇，那里长期面临水资源短缺和难以获得清洁用水的问题。Karachi right now is very behind, unlike America. A lot of people are on the streets, they don't have water to drink or they're drinking contaminated water needing any money. It's very hard to even like take showers over there.卡拉奇现在非常落后，和美国不一样。很多人流落街头，他们没有水喝，或者只能喝被污染的水，而且身无分文。在那里连洗澡都很难。And now go to Karachi for example, there's a lot of water shortage and power shortage.以卡拉奇为例，那里严重缺水缺电。For example, the water there costs a lot, and sometimes it's contaminated, sometimes which causes problems such as diarrhea, people getting sick and much more, and you don't have water in the house for days.那里的水价格昂贵，而且有时还会受到污染，这会导致腹泻、人们生病等问题，甚至家中几天都没有水可用。The government in Karachi says the city supplies only half of the water it needs daily. The consequences of Pakistan's water problems are tragic.卡拉奇政府表示该市每日供水量仅为需求量的一半。巴基斯坦水资源问题的后果是悲剧性的。UNICEF reports every year 53,000 children die of diarrhea caused by drinking contaminated water.联合国儿童基金会报告称，每年有5.3万名儿童因饮用受污染的水而死于腹泻。Students on the Houston team say their model includes a robust system that monitors supply and demand, storage, filtration, and diversion of conventional as well as flood waters across the Jacksonville landscape.休斯顿团队的学生们表示，他们的模型包含一套强大系统，可监测杰克逊维尔地区常规用水与洪水的供需动态、存储情况、过滤处理及分流调度。Our project is Agua Prope, located in Jacksonville, Florida, so the main problem in Jacksonville are storm surges, hurricanes and floods.我们的项目Agua Prope位于佛罗里达州杰克逊维尔市，该地区主要面临风暴潮、飓风和洪水问题A lot of problems actually internationally going on right now are that many people are not having access to water.当前国际上确实存在许多问题，很多人无法获得水资源。And a lot of people that do have access to water are drinking contaminated water that has like birth defects and like cancer-related issues.许多能获得水的人喝的是受污染的水，这些水会导致出生缺陷和癌症等问题。And they're also a coastal city. So we know how to generate power.他们也在一座沿海城市，所以我们知道如何发电。Organizers say some models are actually implemented. We had a team that actually won the National Finals a few years ago.组织者表示，部分模型已实际投入使用。我们几年前有一支队伍真的赢得了全国总决赛。And then as part of an unrelated mission trip with their church, they actually helped install a water filtration system in the Dominican Republic.后来在一次与教会无关的宣教之旅中，他们实际上在多米尼加共和国帮忙安装了一个水过滤系统。And so we're not only asking our participants to think about these challenges, but also empowering them in their solutions.我们不仅要求参与者思考这些挑战，还让他们有能力去解决这些问题。Agua Prope model won the People's Choice Award based on voting by the general public, and the Best Futuristic City award.Agua Prope模型凭借公众投票赢得了人民选择奖以及最佳未来城市奖。This model calls for technology so advanced, it will be decades before it can be implemented.这一模型需要极其先进的技术，要等到数十年后才能实现。But the students say they hope one day within the next 50 years, their vision of a clean water city will become a reality.但学生们表示，他们希望在未来50年内的某一天，他们所设想的清洁水城能够成为现实。