Like many of the other western cities on this list, Phoenix is extremely dependent on water imported from the Colorado River.

如名单中其他很多西部城市，凤凰城极度依赖从科罗拉多河引进的水资源。

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A large petroleum refinery here is supplied by imported petroleum which is received at the city's deep-water port.

这里的一个大型炼油厂是由从这个城市的深水港进口的石油供应的。

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Estimates are it'll cost double what water imported from northern California or the Colorado River costs now.

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As a self-contained city state, this measure helped reduce reliance on water imported from Malaysia and is deemed an important development for national resource independence.

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To convince nine nearby water districts to sign 30-year contracts to take Poseidon's water, Maloni had to promise to never charge them more than the going price of imported water.

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