“For businesses, water is not discretionary, ” says Dominic Waughray of the World Economic Forum, a think-tank. “Without it, industry and the global economy falter.”

“对商业贸易而言，水并不是可任意挥霍的，”智囊团组织“世界经济论坛”的Dominic Waughray说道：“如果缺水，工业和全球经济会衰退。”

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Alternative USES of water front areas for new forms of urban agriculture and urban forestry may pilot a new wave of transformational low-carbon urban economy approaches.

将滨水区域转换成城市农业和城市林业功能可能作引起低碳城市经济模式转型的新浪潮。

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Water has carrying capacity both for the population and economy.

不仅具有对人口的承载能力，还具有对经济的承载能力。

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Canvey's unique geography puts it in the strange position of being on the one hand dependent on the surrounding water for its identity, and to some extent economy, and on the other hand always at risk of being submerged again.

BBC: Life behind the sea wall

"With our own Scottish Chambers of Commerce Quarterly Business Survey projecting only a marginal improvement in output and confidence in the early part of 2013, these latest figures underline the picture of an economy that has been treading water for an extended period of time, " she said.

BBC: Scotland business

Despite this great need for upgrades and repairs to water infrastructure, a lagging economy and tough talk in Washington is putting more pressure on federal funding.

FORBES: Spending Cuts Threaten U.S. Water Infrastructure