如果要把大笔资金花在清理环境灾难上，那么最好把钱花在那些乏味但紧迫的问题上，比如处理第三世界国家不卫生的水的问题上。
If big sums are to be spent on cleaning up environmental disasters, it is better to spend them on unglamorous but pressing problems such as unsanitary water in Third World countries.
格莱克说到，但是那值得争论，我们需要深入谈话来解决世界上的任何水问题。
And while it's a discussion worth having, Gleick said, conversations will need to dig more deeply to truly solve any of the world's water issues.
以色列灌溉只浪费约十分之一的水，如果每个国家都同样高效用水的话，世界水问题压力将大大减少。
Israel wastes only about a tenth of its water, and if everyone were equally efficient, the world's water problem would be much less pressing.
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