在坦桑尼亚这样的国家，水是很难弄到的，而收集水的工作就落在了女性的肩上。

In countries like Tanzania, water is hard to get, and the job of collecting water falls on women's shoulders.

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在美国和澳大利亚，干旱已经导致了一场由水传播的疾病的爆发，因为干旱迫使人们收集水并且超长时间的将水储存在罐子里。

In the us and Australia, drought has already contributed to a spread of water-borne illnesses by forcing people to collect and store water in tanks for longer than they otherwise would.

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收集水、净化水和分配水都需要能源消耗，特别在好像南加州那样有广阔需求的地方，需要通过几百公里管道运输水到洛杉矶。

It takes power to gather water, purify water, and distribute water, especially in places like southern California where water is piped hundreds of miles to supply Los Angeles' sprawling demands.

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