Lots of municipalities use filters to remove contaminants from the drinking water.

许多城市会使用过滤器来去除饮用水中的污染物。

These powers were eventually passed to municipalities.

这些权力最终转给了市政当局。

But in southern California tiny municipalities are not unusual.

不过在加州南部，微型城市并非特别现象。

Eleven of the 14 municipalities in Guangdong province participated.

广东省14个市中的11个市参加了本项研究。

In 2010, again, 70% of killings took place in only 3% of municipalities.

2010年，再次有70%的杀人事件发生在3%的自治市。

“That’s already under way in some municipalities,” he said, “but we want to expand.”

“在一些直辖市，这已在推行当中，”他说道，“但我们还想能扩展开来。”