A study published in 2007 concluded that both drought and increased demand for irrigation water contributed to the lake's falling water levels and rising salinity.

2007年发表的一项学术研究曾表明，干旱和灌溉量的增长都会导致湖面水位降低和含盐量的增加。

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There are plans in the works to tap the St. John's River for irrigation, and eventually drinking water. Many, however, are skeptical that even this will be enough to meet Orlando's growing demand.

有人在书中提到利用圣约翰河的水灌溉，最终成为饮用水的规划，然而仍有人怀疑这样是否就能满足Or lando ' s日益增长的需求。

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For demand managements, the best policy is the mix water price policy through increasing both irrigation and industry water prices, and the next is adopting agricultural water-saving technology.

在需求管理中，采用既提高灌溉水价又提高工业水价的混合水价政策可能是最优的策略选择，采用农业节水技术为次优策略选择。

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Demand for corn is such that more land is also being ploughed up in drier regions of the Great Plains states to the west of the corn belt, where irrigation in required, increasing water demand further.

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