Too much pumping forced the authorities in the early 1990s to switch water licences to the Murray, 10km away at Alexandrina, one of two lakes at the mouth facing the Southern Ocean.

然而过多的抽水行为迫使当局于20世纪90年代初颁布了对距离亚历山德里娜湖10公里的墨累河水的使用许可证。亚力山德里娜湖是出口面向南冰洋的两个湖泊中的其中一个。

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This switch has decreased pollution in the country's major lakes and reservoirs and made drinking water safer for people.

这一转变已降低了中国主要湖泊和水库的污染，使人们的饮用水更加安全。

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The growing season there is now shorter, causing many farmers to switch from cotton to rice, which demands even more diverted water.

万物生长的季节已然变短，迫使农夫放弃棉花改种稻米，但这却需要抽更多的水。

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At present, in order to switch water supplier, a firm or organisation must use more than five million litres of water a year at a single set of premises - in Wales that threshold is much higher, currently 50 million litres.

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The Bill also aims to encourage competition by allowing business customers to switch their water and sewerage supplier.

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