Some find urban living, with access to electricity and running water, an improvement and would never return to the countryside.

有些人觉得城市生活有了电和自来水，改善了生活，就再也不会回到农村了。

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The countryside around Xinfeng is dotted with hundreds of small open-pit mines into which miners pour water and chemicals, producing a sludge rich in rare earths.

在信丰周边农村，数百家小型露天稀土矿星罗棋布，矿工们正在往矿石上泼洒水和化学制剂，从而产生一种富含稀土的油泥。

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To take charge of works on municipal conservation of water and soil; to guide and coordinate the administration and infrastructure construction of countryside water utilities.

负责本市水土保持工作；指导、协调农村水务基本建设和管理。

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While central government officials devoted great sums to grandiose projects, they ignored the country's reservoirs and water utilities in the countryside.

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The countryside is where 85% of all water is used in Africa, Asia and Central America.

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