Municipal wastewater reuse has an important role to play in the cities with rather scarce water resources or serious water pollution.

城市废水资源化对于缺水城市或水资源污染严重的城市具有十分重要的意义。

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The competition for scarce water resources will increase in future, as the demand for water from industry and private households will rise.

鉴于工业和个体家庭的用水需求将增加，未来对稀缺水资源的竞争将加剧。

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Global warming, urbanization, pollution and wasteful irrigation have been blamed for depleting already scarce water resources in northern China.

全球变暖、城市化、污染以及浪费严重的农业灌溉使中国华北地区本已缺乏的水资源日益枯竭。

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Now,a great deal of that is related to the competition over scarce resources, particularly water.

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Desalination technology has historically been more widely embraced by countries with scarce water resources, such as the Middle East.

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While large-scale desalination is not uncommon in those parts of the world where natural water resources are scarce -- such as Texas and Australia -- the UAE is by some margin, according to Iannelli, the industry's most active player.

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