With 97% of the world's water too salty to be drunk or used in agriculture, the worldwide supply of water needs careful management, especially in agriculture.

由于世界上97%的水含盐量过高，不能饮用或用于农业，全世界的水供应需要谨慎管理，特别是在农业方面。

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It is transmitted exclusively when people who have little or no access to safe-drinking water supply swallow water contaminated with parasite-infected fleas.

该病的传播纯属当人们极少获得或者不能获得安全饮用水供应时饮用了含有受到寄生虫感染的蚤类的污染水。

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With the water supply starting to flow, they are running out of time.

管道里的水开始流动，他们没有时间了。

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They walk along the Frijoles stream lined with green trees that once was the only water supply for the valley.

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Later an agreement was signed with Mexico to supply it with water from the Colorado River.

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A storm destroyed his house in 2007, he says.And worse, storm surges have tainted the water supply with salt.

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The protesters from the nearby community of Mareniyoc blame the mining company for a worsening water shortage and demand the firm supply them with drinking water.

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Workers have been pulling dead pigs from rivers that supply Shanghai with drinking water for the past 11 days, sparking alarm on internet chat sites.

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The water released over these two days would be enough to supply all of Tyneside with drinking water for a fortnight.

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