在一些地方，水位正以每年一米的速度下降，需要定期加深井并使用更强大的水泵。

In places, the water table is declining at a rate of a meter a year, necessitating the periodic deepening of wells and the use of ever-more-powerful pumps.

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在一些地方，登记混乱造成了投票率下降，宵禁令也使许多老人和残疾人难以赶赴投票站。

Confusion over registration will have depressed turnout in some places, as will a curfew that meant many old and disabled people had difficulty getting to the polls.

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