宜居城市

Clean waterways can make us feel better about where we live. We like the water near us to:

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• be safe
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• have no litter
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• look and smell nice
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• have plants growing nearby
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• be a home for animals
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• be inviting to swim in.
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Managing water and protecting the environment is very important to us. We play a huge role in contributing to healthy waterways.

Learn more about our role in Enhancing the liveability of our cities (3.8MB) .

生活在干净，安全的环境中

干净的水道可以使我们对自己的住所感觉更好。我们喜欢我们附近的水：

• 注意安全
• 没有垃圾
• 外观和闻起来很好
• 在附近生长植物
• 成为动物的家
• 邀请游泳。

管理水和保护环境对我们非常重要。我们在为健康的水道做出贡献方面发挥了巨大作用。

了解有关我们在增强我们城市的宜居性（3.8MB）。

Did you know that about 85% of Australians live within 50 kilometres of our coastline? People can feel a connection to where they live through water.

Being near water, on the water or in the water can make many people feel relaxed, calm and connected to the natural environment. How do you feel when you're near water?

In Indigenous cultures, the way the water shaped the environment and brings life is important. For thousands of years Aboriginal people have lived with respect for nature and the environment, including water, because all of nature is sacred. Read the Dreamtime story of the Illawarra and the five islands.
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将我们连接到一个地方的水

您是否知道约有85％的澳大利亚人居住在我们海岸线50公里以内？人们可以感觉到与他们通过水的住所有联系。

在水附近，在水上或水中会使许多人感到放松，平静并与自然环境联系在一起。当您在水附近时感觉如何？

在土著文化中，水塑造环境和带来生命的方式很重要。数千年来，原住民一直生活在自然和环境（包括水）上，因为所有自然都是神圣的。阅读梦幻的故事伊拉瓦拉和五个岛屿。

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• Songkran – This festival in Thailand, originally a Hindu celebration, is an enormous water-fight party during the hottest time of the year.
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• Vardavar – Celebrated in Armenia, this water festival came from both Christian and pagan backgrounds. People go onto the streets and spray one another with water.
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• Sapporo Snow Festival – This Japanese festival is the largest snow and ice festival in the world. It features carvings made from gigantic blocks of ice.
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• Loy Krathong – People gather around lakes, rivers and canals to pay respects to the goddess of water by releasing beautiful lotus-shaped rafts decorated with candles, incense and flowers onto the water.
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• New Year's Eve – In Australia, we love to welcome in the new year by celebrating on or near our major waterways.
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水可能是许多文化传统的重要组成部分，例如：

• Songkran- 在泰国的这个节日，最初是印度教庆典，是一年中最热门的时期的一场巨大的水上派对。
• 瓦尔达瓦尔- 在亚美尼亚庆祝，这个水节来自基督教和异教背景。人们上街，用水互相喷洒。
• Sapporo Snow Festival- 这个日本音乐节是世界上最大的冰冰节。它具有由巨大的冰块制成的雕刻。
• Loy Krathong- 人们聚集在湖泊，河流和运河周围，通过释放美丽的莲花形筏子，在水上装饰着美丽的莲花形木筏，向水致敬。
• 除夕夜- 在澳大利亚，我们喜欢在新的一年中庆祝在我们的主要水道上庆祝。

Liveable cities have access to clean, safe drinking water and the removal of wastewater (sanitation). That means our health and wellbeing are being cared for in the places we live.

Access to services and facilities like water, power, communications, transport, healthcare and education provides choices in our lives. For example:

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• how healthy you are
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• what type of recreation you can participate in
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• how far you can go in your education
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• what your employment opportunities are.
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一个地方宜居的地方可以表明居住在那里的人们的生活质量。

宜居的城市可以使用清洁，安全的饮用水和清除废水（卫生）。这意味着我们所居住的地方正在照顾我们的健康和福祉。

获得水，电力，通信，运输，医疗保健和教育等服务和设施，为我们的生活提供了选择。必威客服在线例如：

• 你有多健康
• 您可以参加哪种类型的娱乐活动
• 您可以走多远必威客服在线
• 您的就业机会是什么。

Clean water keeps us healthy and helps us manage our personal hygiene.

Using water and soap to clean your hands is essential to help stop the spread of infectious diseases. See this guide from NSW Health to see how.

Water also helps us with sanitation, such as flushing toilets. Did you know that the invention of toilets helped to save lives? See How the toilet changed history.

When you flush your toilet your used water is removed, cleaned and returned to the environment or reused safely. This is called wastewater treatment.

卫生水

清洁水使我们保持健康，并帮助我们管理个人卫生。

使用水和肥皂清洁双手对于帮助阻止传染病的传播至关重要。请参阅本指南新南威尔士州健康看看如何。

水还可以帮助我们进行卫生，例如冲洗厕所。您知道厕所的发明有助于挽救生命吗？看厕所如何改变历史。

当您冲洗厕所时，您的二手水将被清除，清洁并返回环境或安全地重复使用。这就是所谓的废水处理。

One of the ways we help is by sponsoring Orange Sky Australia. Orange Sky is the world's first free mobile laundry service for people without access to clean, safe washing facilities.

We've funded a shower and laundry van that provides access to basic hygiene in our local community. This will help restore dignity to those who are easily forgotten.

Try our Orange Sky Lesson Plan (177KB) in the classroom.

Investigate What is World Toilet Day?

进入淋浴，洗衣服和保持清洁的水可以改善人们的健康。

我们提供帮助的方法之一是赞助澳大利亚橙天空。橙色的天空是世界上第一项为人们提供的免费移动洗衣服务，而无需使用清洁，安全的洗涤设施。

我们资助了一辆淋浴和洗衣服，该货车可在当地社区提供基本卫生。这将有助于恢复容易被遗忘的人的尊严。

尝试我们的橙色天空课程计划（177KB）在教室里。

调查什么是世界厕所日？

It costs money to make sure there's high quality, safe water every time you turn on the tap.

There's a lot to think about when setting prices for water and there are different prices for your home and businesses. One litre of Sydney tap water costs less than one cent.

You might like to compare our prices with some other countries, like Singapore, and Thames Water in the United Kingdom. Remember to convert to Australian dollars!

Bottled water can be 1,800 times more expensive than tap water. Although it's more expensive, it's not necessarily any better for us or the environment. Tap water versus bottled water (210KB).

There's help for customers who have trouble paying their bills. Get help with your bill.

水的成本

每次打开水龙头时，都要确保有高质量，安全的水要花钱。

在设定水价格时，有很多事情要考虑价格为您的家庭和企业。一升悉尼自来水的成本不到一美分。

您可能想将我们的价格与其他一些国家进行比较，例如新加坡，，，，和泰晤士河水在英国。切记转换为澳元！

瓶装水的贵1,800倍，比自来水高1,800倍。尽管它更昂贵，但对我们或环境来说不一定更好。自来水与瓶装水（210kb）。

为那些难以支付账单的客户提供了帮助。得到必威登录 。