People have figured out how to use water more efficiently, and communities are rethinking their priorities for water use.
人们已经找到了更高效利用水的方法,并且社区正在重新考虑他们用水的优先顺序。
No matter what steps governments take to provide water more efficiently, they must change their institutional and legal approaches to water use.
无论政府采取什么措施来更有效地提供水,都必须改变对用水相关的制度和法律法规。
Such an argument is plausible, however, it is less useful for understanding the sociopolitical implications of water use and control in other, water-rich parts of the Maya region.
这样的论据是有道理的,然而,对于理解玛雅地区其他富水地区的用水和控制的社会政治影响来说,就没那么有用了。
It has been proved that Low Till Farming increases harvests and reduces water use, and this method reduced the need for chemical products because there are fewer unwanted plants.
实践证明,低耕农业提高了作物产量,减少了用水量;而且,由于有害植物变少了,这种农业对化工产品的需求也降低了。
After all, when water use falls, revenue declines.
毕竟,用水量下降营业收入会减少。
Collecting rainwater for use on the garden reduces municipal water use.
收集雨水用于浇灌花园,以节约自来水。
If you look at our water use, most of the water is going down the toilet or shower.
如果你看一下我们的用水情况,大部分都是冲厕沐浴用。
Agronomists are beginning to devise tools to help monitor the efficiency of water use.
农业学家们开始设计工具,帮助监测水的使用效率。
You'd reduce water use and end runoff by recycling water in a closed irrigation system.
人们还可以在封闭的灌溉系统中循环用水以减少用水量、避免径流造成土肥流失。
You’d reduce water use and end runoff by recycling water in a closed irrigation system.
人们还可以在封闭的灌溉系统中循环用水以减少用水量、避免径流造成土肥流失。
We have been reminded of what architects and builders can do to cut energy and water use.
我们通过世博会了解到建筑的设计师和建造者能够为节能节水做些事情。
To that end, the raft of new laws passed last fall calls for cities to cut water use 20 percent by 2020.
为此,去年秋天通过了大量新法,要求在2020年以前将城市的用水量削减20%。
Global water use has been growing at more than twice the rate of population growth in the last century.
在上一个世纪,全球用水量的增长速率是人口增长率的两倍以上。
In addition to water use, there's the problem of what to do with the brine and chemicals left over afterwards.
除了消耗水资源,挖掘后遗留的盐水和其他化学物质该如何处置也是个问题。
Freshwater is becoming increasingly scarce with the livestock sector accounting for nearly one tenth of global human water use.
淡水资源日益稀少,而畜牧业占全球人类用水量的近十分之一。
That means changing incentives, improving information flows, and improving the way water use is governed. All that will be hard.
这就意味着修订奖励方案,改善信息流通和水资源管理——这些都绝非易事。
Make drought water use plans to secure irrigation water after allocating enough water for urban and rural daily water consumption.
制定抗旱用水计划,在留足城乡群众生活用水前提下,保证抗旱灌溉水量。
She worries about carbon impact, product packaging, water use, and corporate ethics, as would any similarly titled VP at any large manufacturer.
与其他大型啤酒厂商的同行一样,她需要操心的问题包括碳排放、产品包装、水的利用和企业道德等。
With more than 60 transboundary rivers in Africa, developing large-scale infrastructure to manage water use and avoid conflicts is a huge challenge.
非洲共有60多条跨国河流,因此建设大型基础设施来管理用水和避免冲突是一大挑战。
Trucost's assessment accounts for more than 700 environmental impacts, including greenhouse gas emissions, water use and a host of chemical releases.
Trucost的评估包括了700多项对环境的冲击,涵盖了温室气体排放、水资源的使用以及一系列化学物质的排放。
In fact, critics say, private water companies usually have very little incentive to encourage conservation; after all, when water use falls, revenue declines.
事实上,如批评人士所说,私人水务公司通常很少鼓励节约用水;毕竟,用水量下降营业收入会减少。
The Liujiang River, which is the main source of drinking and industrial water use of the city, suffered from pollution from untreated sewage and rainwater flows.
作为柳州市工业和居民生活用水主要水源的柳江则受到部分未经处理的污水和雨水排放污染。
A concerted effort is under way to reduce water use and capture more rainwater (about one-third of the island's fresh water at present is pumped from the mainland).
现在怀特岛的人们正在共同努力来提高淡水的利用率及更有效地收集雨水(怀特岛三分之一的淡水由英国本岛供应)。
Also, the trend towards urbanization and increases in domestic and industrial water use by people who live in more developed areas are factors that lead to growing water use.
此外,城市化的发展趋势和较发达地区人口的生活和生产用水增多也是导致用水量不断增加的原因。
A geographical information system containing details of household water use and sanitation in the villages was built using data obtained by a global positioning system survey.
采用全球定位系统调查获得的数据,建立一个地理信息系统,包含村庄中家庭用水和卫生用水的详细情况。
Water use is expected to jump 50 percent over the next 30 years, and yet pollution and climate changes are already threatening water supplies, particularly in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia.
在未来30年用水量预计会猛增50%,而污染和气候变化已经在威胁着供水量,尤其是在非洲、中东和南亚地区。
Instead of buying bottled water, use a water filter instead.
不要买瓶装水,而是使用水过滤器代替。
Instead of buying bottled water, use a water filter instead.
不要买瓶装水,而是使用水过滤器代替。
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