Large quantity of continuously groundwater pumping in an area forms regional groundwater depression cone, and overexploitation leads to a series of environmental and geological problems.

对地下水资源的长期大量集中开采形成了区域性地下水位降落漏斗，地下水的超采引发了一系列环境地质问题。

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Environmental crisis leads to one of the serious problems, namely, water shortage.

环境恶化造成的问题之一就是缺水。

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That leads to the second challenge, to address and implement policies that will avoid these problems in the future, especially concerning environmental protection.

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