It's easy to understand why water seems like a limitless resource, but the fact is, in the United States we could face a national water shortage in a little more than 50 years.

這很容易理解為什麼水似乎是一種無限的資源，但事實上，在美國，我們可能在50多年後面臨全國性的水資源短缺。

Colorado needs to save every drop it gets in Colorado College, which has been ranked first for water conservation among 280 colleges and universities, is leading the way.

科羅拉多州需要節約每一滴水，在280所高校中，科羅拉多學院節水排名第一，該校在節水方面處於領先地位。

Our water largely comes from the other side of the Continental Divide.

我們的水主要來自大陸分水嶺的另一邊。

We're bringing it through tunnels that air miles long through the mountains, into reservoirs and then either into rivers or pipelines.

我們要把它通過長達數英里的隧道 引入山中，進入水庫，然後進入河流或管道。

That's something that a lot of our students have never actually thought about before.

這一點，我們很多學生其實從來沒有想過。

So how are you managing water here?

那麼，你是如何管理這裡的水的？

We've reduced water usage by 38% which is a pretty big drop.

我們已經減少了38%的用水量，這是一個相當大的下降。

I think it's the biggest in the country, actually, multiple different ways.

我認為這是全國最大的，其實，多種不同的方式。

The fixtures, low flow shower heads in our residence halls and low flow toilets, things that aren't shiny, flashy, exciting things, but Azawi at all of those together.

我們宿舍裡的固定裝置、低流量的淋浴噴頭和低流量的馬桶，這些東西並不是閃亮、華麗、刺激的東西，但阿扎維在這些一起。

They start to have a really big impact and then just efficiencies.

他們開始產生非常大的影響，然後只是效率。

You know, there's there's a lot of technical projects that we've done.

你知道，有... ...有很多我們做過的技術項目。

One of the projects that have saved a lot of water is the cooling system for our central heating plant.

其中有一個項目節約了大量的水，就是我們集中供熱廠的製冷系統。

Way closed the loop on that.

辦法閉環上。

That saved us about three million gallons of water a year.

這為我們每年節省了大約三百萬加侖的水。

There are many lessons we can learn from Colorado College.

我們可以從科羅拉多學院學到很多經驗。

I'm here in the colleges ICO home with a family of students who are learning more about being water wise.

我這裡是高校ICO之家，有一個學生家庭，他們正在學習更多的關於水的智慧。

Talk to me a little bit about synergy, your relationship toe water.

跟我說說你們的協同作用，你們與水的關係。

Here it's energy.

這裡是能量。

We do use gray water when we shower.

我們洗澡的時候是用灰水的。

We have, like a five gallon bucket below us that we kind of just let fill up while we're showering.

我們下面有一個五加侖的桶 我們洗澡的時候讓它裝滿

And then we use that to, like flush the toilet.

然後我們用它來，像沖廁所一樣。

So about half of our indoor water use is spent in bathrooms with showers is the major drain on average American families.

所以，我們室內用水量的一半左右都用在浴室裡，淋浴是美國普通家庭的主要用水量。

He's more than 300 gallons of water every day.

他每天都要喝300多加侖的水。

Yeah, right.

是的，沒錯。

And many of us still rinse our dirty dishes under a running faucet before loading them into the dishwasher.

而我們很多人在把髒盤子裝進洗碗機之前，仍然會在流水的水龍頭下衝洗。

This is a huge waste of water because you actually need the dishes to be dirty as the enzymes and the detergent latch onto food particles toe work effectively.

這是一個巨大的浪費水，因為你實際上需要的餐具是骯髒的，因為酶和洗滌劑鎖定到食物顆粒有效地工作。

And it's these actions that could help avert America's looming water crisis, giving the next generation a better chance of never having to see AH, water shortage er.

而正是這些行動，可以幫助避免美國迫在眉睫的水危機，給下一代一個更好的機會，永遠不會看到AH，缺水呃。