High costs limit many technological solutions: Water desalination, for example, is not only expensive but requires a huge amount of energy, another resource in short supply.

高额的成本限制许多解决方案：如水脱盐不仅需要高额的花费，而且要求巨大的能源，这同样也是个缺乏的资源。

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Israel argues that the water problem should be solved by finding new sources, through desalination and water treatment.

以色列主张，应该通过海水淡化和水处理的途径找到新水源来解决水问题。

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People in the main cities now have enough water, thanks to desalination, though they still have to pay for it.

尽管一些主要城市的居民必须为用水付钱，但多亏海水淡化，他们得到了足够的水。

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Could ocean water desalination end the fight over water rights to the Colorado River, eliminate the need for new canals and pipelines to bring water to southern California and even allow for the return of stretches of biologically damaged parts of the Sacramento River delta to healthy wetlands?

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The company is now growing its portfolio from municipal wastewater projects to include industrial contracts, desalination and water-reuse projects.

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Ocean water desalination will not be a viable source of water for agriculture for decades.

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