一个蓄水的简便方法就是直接在杂货店里买瓶装的纯净水。
One easy way to store water is to buy purified drinking water in gallon plastic jugs at the grocery store.
流域是支流蓄水的区域。一条河流连同它的全部支流一起，叫做水系。
A drainage basin is the area where these tributaries collect rainwater. A river with all its tributaries is called a river system.
施罗德先生相信为了提高植物蓄水的能力可以改变在一些植物中的酶类。
Mister Schroeder believes the enzymes could be changed in some plants to increase their ability to store water.
至于金字塔里是否也会随时有被蓄水的危险，露易丝的回答是，不会大面积蓄水。
The Pyramid is also the risk of water at any time been, Louise's answer is not a large area water.
《水缸》老院里安上了自来水，但这里的人们仍旧保留着用大水缸蓄水的习惯，既可沉淀水质，又能不让水龙头遗洒而浪费。
Water tank tap water comes into this old yard, but people here keep the habit of saving water with bit tank in order to settle the impurity of water and save the water in case of tap-losing.
曾经给这些井提供水源的蓄水层已被宣告枯竭。
The aquifer which had once fed the wells was pronounced dry.
一个承包商被雇来排干蓄水池里的水，然后挖出其中一块地方的泥土，换上粘土。
A contractor was hired to drain the reservoir and to excavate soil from one area for replacement with clay.
地下水的矿物含量通常随深度的增加而增加，但即使很浅的蓄水层中可能含盐量也很高。
The mineral content of groundwater normally increases with the depth, but even quite shallow aquifers can be highly saline.
大坝的拆除仍然存在争议，因为高重建成本，损失低成本电力，以及损失蓄水设施。
The removal of dams remains controversial because of high restoration costs, loss of low-cost electricity, and the loss of water storage facilities.
"大多数沙石中较浅的蓄水层贮水量少，但可以迅速再生。
Most shallow aquifers in sand and gravel deposits produce lower yields, but they can be rapidly recharged.
可以从中抽取水的地下蓄水层被称为含水层。
A groundwater reservoir from which water can be extracted is called an aquifer.
它们的蓄水池阻止了河流的流动，于是经常会淹没城镇、农场和历史遗迹。
Their storage reservoirs stop the flow of rivers and often submerge towns, farms, and historic sites.
大部分的石灰岩和砂岩的蓄水层都是深而广的，但可能含有不可再生的地下水。
Most limestone and sandstone aquifers are deep and extensive but may contain groundwaters that are not being recharged.
占地球表面四分之三的海洋可以被看作是我们巨大的蓄水池。
The oceans that cover three quarters of the Earth's surface can be thought of as our great water reservoirs.
大多数石灰岩和砂岩的蓄水层很深并且规模很大，但是它们含有的地下水可能是当前无法再生的。
Most limestone and sandstone aquifers are deep and extensive, but may contain groundwaters that are not being recharged.
爬过几次后，只要爬到半球形蓄水池顶，我的恐惧似乎就在午夜温暖的空气中蒸发了——原来，只是我久不练习而已。
After a few more climbs, once to the top of the domed reservoir, my fear seemed to evaporate in the warm midnight air—I had simply been out of practice.
斯坦福大学的研究小组对这一深度以下的地下蓄水层进行了调查，发现蓄水量或许是先前所预想的三倍。
The team at Stanford investigated the aquifers below this depth and found that reserves may be triple what was previously thought.
博尔称它为停用的蓄水库。
有时，水库的蓄水落差太低而无法推动涡轮机。
Reservoir water sometimes falls too low to turn the turbines.
这些看似简单的蓄水措施大大提高了农作物收成。
These seemingly simple watershed measures helped boost crop yields dramatically.
江河治理与自然和人为的蓄水；
River regulation and water storage, both natural and man-made
但在这个高失业率的时期，我们离安全储蓄水平还有很大的距离。
But, we are a long way from safety levels of savings in a high unemployment period.
那是一个古代的蓄水池。
科学家把地球上可饮用的淡水——包括湖泊、河流和蓄水层的水统称为“深海”，人类每一年能够使用大约三分之一的“深海”。
Of all the fresh water accessible in lakes, rivers and aquifers — what scientists call “blue water” — humankind uses about one-third every year.
还有一个比较尴尬的事实：虽然空气中的蓄水量是全球所有河流蓄水量的八倍之多，但是空气中的水分布不均。
There is also the awkward fact that although there is eight times more atmospheric water than in all the rivers of the world combined, it is unevenly distributed.
其次是一座装着楼梯的高塔，留有安装电梯和蓄水池的空间；
The next is a tower with a staircase, elevator and water storage space.
新南威尔士、昆士兰、维多利亚和南澳大利亚此前已经争吵了一个世纪，如今对于寻找更好蓄水方法的呼声十分高涨。
After a century's competing squabbles between NSW, Queensland, Victoria and South Australia, cries for better ways to conserve the country's water have never been louder.
然而降低的蓄水位却窒息了大量的鱼。
Unfortunately, lowering the water level suffocated significant numbers of fish.
然而降低的蓄水位却窒息了大量的鱼。
Unfortunately, lowering the water level suffocated significant numbers of fish.
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