Increased consumption of water has led to rapid depletion of groundwater reserves.

用水量的增加导致了地下水贮备迅速枯竭。

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The depletion of fish stocks Increased consumption of water has led to rapid depletion of groundwater reserves.

鱼类资源的消耗用水量的增加导致了地下水贮备迅速枯竭。

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The overall cost of water scarcity—from pollution and the depletion of groundwater—is estimated to be 147 billion yuan ($21.4 billion) a year, or almost 1% of China’s annual output.

由于水污染和地下水消耗所带来的水资源不足的总体代价估计约为147亿人民币（21.4亿美元），大约是中国年度财政支出的1%。

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And there are other water-related questions to be addressed, including possible changes to the monsoons and massive depletion of groundwater.

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The lack of effective governance is cited as one of the main causes of groundwater depletion, aquifer pollution and possibly inequitable allocation.

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The country is consuming groundwater faster than it is being replenished, and the result of the rapid depletion is that water tables are dropping at alarming rates.

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