Rice is the foremost staple food crop in China and the largest water consumer in agriculture.

水稻是我国最大的粮食作物，也是农业上第一用水大户。

youdao

Companies are pushing the technology hard but make it almost overwhelming even to dip a toe in the water for the average consumer, because there are so many compatibility issues to think about.

各家公司都在大力推广这项技术，但对普通消费者来说，即使是简单试水也几乎无法承受，因为他们需要考虑太多的兼容性问题。

youdao

Around the beginning of the 20th century there were actually some primitive solar water heaters on the consumer market.

大约20世纪初，消费市场上出现了一些原始的太阳能热水器。

youdao

The results come as environment secretary David Miliband holds a drought summit with regulators, water firms and consumer groups.

BBC: NEWS | Business | Water firms enjoy healthy profits

Bank lobby groups will try to water down the consumer agency's powers and to persuade lawmakers that higher capital requirements will curb lending to hard-working Americans (and put the industry at a disadvantage to international rivals).

ECONOMIST: Financial reform in America

Until Ofwat stopped it, Kelda, the Yorkshire water business, hoped to hive off its water assets into a consumer-owned mutual.

ECONOMIST: Water companies mop up capital and leak profits