Based on this standard, many countries now are considered water shortage countries.

用这个标准来衡量﹐现在许多国家都属于缺水国家。

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Beijing has about 100 cubic meters of water available per person, well below the U.N. standard of 1, 000 cubic meters per person, a threshold used to measure chronic water shortage.

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