据德克萨斯州水资源开发董事会(TWDB)称,以现状来说,德克萨斯州每年需要大约1800万英亩英尺水。
As it stands, the state needs about 18m acre-feet of water a year, according to the Texas water Development Board (TWDB).
TWDB推测到2060年整个州会缺少830万英亩英尺水,因为水资源充沛地区的水不能够轻易的用管道输送到干旱地区。
The TWDB forecasts a total statewide shortfall of 8.3m acre-feet by 2060, because the regions that have enough water cannot simply pipe it to the driest places.
以前钻井深度只能达到1000英尺,但由于有了新的抽水方法,现在可以抽取比这更深的水。
Previous drilling of wells could only reach depths of 1,000 feet, but due to new pumping practices, water deeper than this can now be extracted.
在每年只有半英尺降雨量的环境下,这种甲虫只能通过它背部亲水性皮肤在早晨收集的水露存活下来。
With half an inch of rain per year, the beetle can only survive by consuming the dew it collects on the hydrophilic skin of its back in the early mornings.
水只有几英尺深,但是睡莲撑起了天空。
The water was only a few feet deep, but the lilies reached for the sky.
其表面比海平面低220英尺,水比太平洋咸30%。
Its surface is 220ft below sea level and its waters 30% saltier than the Pacific.
要得出具体数据不太容易,但是一个矿一年要用106000000立方英尺的水。
Figures are not easy to come by, but one mine USES 106 million cubic feet of water a year.
这个男的爬过了保护栏杆,距离海岸边缘几英尺远,他追求这种最终的叫醒他的方式并且庆幸能够生存下来因为这片区域已经被水吞没了。
The man had climbed over protective bars several feet further back from the edge in his pursuit of the ultimate wake-up call and was fortunate to survive as the area was engulfed by water.
将产生的电能给安放在潜入105英尺的井中的水泵供电取水,再将水通过一个小的脱盐单元便可以满足农民饮用水的需求。
They supply the energy for a submersible pump that pumps the water up from a well that is 105 feet deep and for a small desalination unit that satisfies farmers' potable water requirements.
目前,图森地区每年要用掉大约350,000英亩-英尺的水。
Currently, the Tucson region USES about 350,000 acre-feet of water per year.
这使得来自地中海的密度较大的水像河流一样在海床上流淌,冲刷蚀刻出大概115英尺深0.6英里宽的水道和河岸。
This causes the dense water from the Mediterranean to flow like a river along the sea bed, carving a channel with Banks around 115 feet deep and 0.6 of a mile wide.
他们把水抽进盐丘来溶解岩盐,在盐丘中打造出一个900英尺长、宽达238英尺的地质容器。
They created a geological pocket 900 feet long and up to 238 feet wide in the dome by pumping water into it to dissolve the rock salt.
在湖水650英尺(200米)的压力作用下,这些二氧化碳继续不断溶解于水,这种情况同一瓶苏打水的碳酸化作用相类似。
Under the pressure of 650 feet (200 meters) of water, this carbon dioxide stays dissolved, much like the carbonation in a bottle of soda.
特里周三被发现在一个地区密集的植被,大约50英尺,他的摩托车,他的头盔,食物和水他的旁边。
Terry was found early Wednesday in an area of dense vegetation, about 50 feet from his motorcycle, without his helmet and with food and water beside him.
一个叫“水箭背包”的小玩意可能通过从双肩背包里抽水将人举到30英尺高,双肩背包通过一条软管连着一艘无人操控的小船。
A gadget called the Jetlev can lift a person 30 feet high by pumping water from a backpack through a hose connected to a small, unmanned boat.
免得这看起来太无情,应该懂得极点以冰的形式储存了许多水,因此海平面会下降几百英尺。
Lest this seem grim, it should be understood that ice at the poles ties up much water in the form of ice, and the sea level will thus drop several hundred feet.
“我们的厨房和洗衣房被洪水淹没了,车道内足有一英尺深的水,”一居民告诉洛杉矶kcal - TV电视台。
"We have a flooded kitchen, flooded laundry room, driveway had a foot of water in it," a resident told KCAL-TV.
当杰夫最后赶到魔幻山的时候,12英尺深的海豚池里的水只剩一半,而且还不断地从边上的一个裂缝里漏出。
When Jeff finally reached Magic Mountain, the water in the 12-foot-deep dolphin pool was halfway down, and more was draining steadily from a crack in the side.
我们得钻200英尺深才能找到水。
俄罗斯新闻社说积雪有13英尺高但是在车里的人都发到了食物和水。
Russian news agency say drifts are 13 feet high but those on board have food and water.
其他功能还包括水阻力在330英尺(100米)和防刮伤,不反光矿物晶体。
Other features include water resistance to 330 feet (100 meters) and a scratch-resistant, non-reflective mineral crystal.
水从182英尺高的悬崖直冲而下。
水有十五英尺深。
水有十五英尺深。
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