That's much cheaper, Fishman says, than figuring out how to pump more water into the city, which takes 90 percent of its water from a lake plagued with drought issues.

菲什曼说，这样做比想方设法增加城市供水便宜多了——该市90%的用水量源自饱受干旱困扰的湖泊。

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No heat, no drought can parch that river, "the streams whereof make glad the city of God."

没有热，没有旱能叫那道“使神的城欢喜”(诗四十六篇四节)的河干涸。

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Still, despite drought and famine and the eventual outbreak of civil war, Alexandria was a glittering city compared to provincial Rome.

然而，即使是受到干旱、饥荒甚至内战的影响，亚历山大利亚依然要比土气的罗马城更要光亮耀眼。

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But in the 13th century, the capital city,Angkor,died off, and a new scientific study indicates that climate, specifically decades of drought interspersed with intense monsoons, helped bring down the Khmer capital.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

On Change.org, the only petition specifically related to the midwest drought demands that the city of Champlain, Illinois cease watering the lawns at city firehouses.

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The project was carried out in 3 villages in the outskirts of Bahawalpur City (Village Dingarh and DB 80) which are the drought affected areas of Cholistan desert where 150 women have been engaged through capacity building in crafts making and focused on providing opportunities for income generation and decent livelihoods.

UNESCO: CULTURE

Data from the National Drought Mitigation Center shows rainfall in the southern Illinois city of Carbondale totaled 7.5 inches from the start of March to last week, down from 30.3 inches last year and 16.8 inches in a normal year.

WSJ: Midwest's Dry Spell Threatens to Intensify