这个行政日历与早期依赖于天狼星偕日升的农业和宗教日历并存。
This administrative calendar existed alongside the earlier agricultural and religious calendar that depended on the heliacal rising of Sirius.
农业利用了世界上四分之三的水(城市用水微不足道：大多人每天喝水1到2升，但是2000到5000升可以用来制造他们的食物)。
Agriculture USES three-quarters of the world's water (urban use is trivial: most people drink two or three litres a day, on average, but 2, 000-5, 000 litres are used to make the food they eat).
一升水在工业上发挥的价值大约是农业的70倍，这也在一定程度上解释了为什么在大多数富裕国家里，工业用水账单占了水价收入的绝大头。
Industry generates about 70 times as much value from a litre of water as agriculture, which helps to explain why industry takes the lion's share in most rich countries.
比如，毫无疑问，农业成本将会增加，因而减少农业收入，驱升产品价格。
For example, the cost of farming will certainly increase, driving down farm incomes while driving up grocery prices.
康奈尔大学的农业科学家称，在美国种植一公顷的玉米需要40升汽油和75升柴油。
According to farm scientists at Cornell University, cultivating one hectare of maize in the United States requires 40 litres of petrol and 75 litres of diesel.
在2003年，发生于同州农民间的临时水交易额高达1000吉升（220个十亿加仑），换言之，大约占农业总用水的十分之一。
Temporary exchanges between farmers in the same state topped 1,000 gigalitres (220 billion gallons) in 2003, or around a tenth of all water used for agriculture.
在2003年，发生于同州农民间的临时水交易额高达1000吉升（220个十亿加仑），换言之，大约占农业总用水的十分之一。
Temporary exchanges between farmers in the same state topped 1,000 gigalitres (220 billion gallons) in 2003, or around a tenth of all water used for agriculture.
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