Millions of irrigation wells in many countries are now pumping water out of underground sources faster than rainfall can refill them.

在许多国家，数以百万计的灌溉井现在从地下水源抽水的速度，超过了降雨所能再次填满的速度。

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Often the cheapest way to provide irrigation water in the dry tropics is through small-scale projects, such as gathering rainfall in depressions and pumping it to nearby cropland.

在干旱的热带地区，提供灌溉水的最低成本的方法通常是建造小规模的工程。例如，在洼地收集雨水，然后将其抽调至附近的农田。

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In order to fundamentally improve the drought resistance, large scale and medium-sized irrigation system, pumping stations and small irrigation and water conservancy facilities must be scaled.3.

大兴农田水利，全面加强大中型灌区、泵站和小型农田水利设施建设，从根本上提高抗旱能力。

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In places like Syria and southern Iraq that are now being dried out by the Turkish dams, irrigation is primitive - often involving nothing more than water trucks pumping water out of the Euphrates and driving it over to fields that are often less than a kilometer away.

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