自来水对于今天的武汉人来说，早已是个再普 通不过的话题。然而，就是从这个看似已不再时髦的话题中，也能折射出长江重镇武汉的历史发展轨迹与市民现代生活水平的迅速提高。作为探讨长江水资源可持续开发利用系列调研课题之一的自来水，中南社会调查研究所对武汉市的７０２户 Tap water has long been a common topic for today’s Wuhan people. However, it is from this seemingly less fashionable topic that it can also reflect the historical development track of Wuhan, a major town in the Yangtze River, and the rapid improvement of the citizens’ modern living standards. As one of the series of research topics to explore the sustainable development and utilization of the Yangtze River water resources, the Central South Research Institute of Social Research on 702 households in Wuhan