He wasn't worried that Bavarians would drink infected water,

他不担心巴伐利亚州的居民饮用污水
or eat contaminated food.

或食用被污染的食物
He was afraid that the fecal matter would get beneath the

他担心排泄物会渗入地下
city and would nourish the Vibrio,

滋养弧菌
and thereby give rise to poisonous fumes that would poison the people.

从而增加有毒气体
His idea was to make the soil of Germany's cities infertile,

他想将德国的土地变得贫瘠
and you could do that by depriving the soil of organic matter and excrement.

通过剥离土壤中的有机物和排泄物
So, he wanted to supply Germany with clean water.

所以他想在德国供应洁净的水源
But not specifically clean drinking water,

但不是洁净的饮用水
but he wanted to prevent sewage from gaining access to the

他还想防止污水渗入
groundwater and the soil beneath the city.

城市的地下水和土壤
He also championed the idea of sand filtration of water,

他还支持水的砂过滤