Less than 1% of businesses in England use more water than the daily needs of 10 million people, as millions of households face hosepipe bans and three-quarters of the country is in drought.(英格兰不到1%的企业用水量超过1000万人的日常需求，而此时数百万家庭面临水管禁令，全国四分之三地区干旱。)
在英格兰，当数百万家庭面临水管禁令、全国四分之三地区处于干旱之际，不到1%的企业用水量竟超过1000万人的日常需求。
Businesses across England use 2.6bn litres a day from the public water supply, which includes potable(可饮用的) and non-potable water provided by water companies. In total, businesses account for about 30% of public supply use, with two-thirds of their consumption in water-stressed areas, according to Mosl, the organisation that operates England’s business water market.(总体而言，企业约占公共供水使用量的30%，其中三分之二消耗在缺水地区，据运营英格兰企业用水市场的Mosl组织称。)
英格兰各地的企业每天从公共供水系统中使用26亿升水，其中包括自来水公司提供的饮用水和非饮用水。据运营英格兰企业用水市场的Mosl组织称，企业总共约占公共供水使用量的30%，其中三分之二的消耗发生在水资源紧张地区。
Tracking industrial water use appears difficult. Regulators say they are frustrated(沮丧的；受挫的) by a lack of data and “commercial secrecy(商业保密)”, and the water sector says it is prevented from planning effectively for growth industries.
追踪工业用水似乎很困难。监管机构表示，他们对数据缺乏和“商业保密”感到沮丧，而水务行业则表示，这阻碍了他们为增长型行业进行有效规划。