People are using water from the Jordan River, which takes water away from the Dead Sea.

人们使用的是约旦河的水，而约旦河的水是从死海带走的。

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Environmentalists say that diverting water from the river will lower the water table and dry out wells.

环保主义者称引流河水将导致地下水位下降和水井干枯。

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The scientists are taking water samples from the river.

科学家正从河中采水样。

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Later an agreement was signed with Mexico to supply it with water from the Colorado River.

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Water is extremely important. Without water from the Colorado River, farming is not possible.

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As he lifted the basket from the water, the river immediately became calm.

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And in Guyana and Suriname, coastal farmers irrigating with water from river estuaries have had to stop: because of the rivers' weak flow, it was sea-water.

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Mr Simplot himself, an avowed lover of skiing, duck shooting and the great outdoors, was attacked in the 1970s for his support for new coal-fired electricity plants along the Snake river and for a scheme to generate hydro-power by diverting water from another river into a vast underground tube.

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But they said water from the river was safe, with water quality meeting government-set standards.

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