People in many parts of the world are desperate for water, and more people will need more water in the next century.

世界上许多地方的人们都迫切需要水，下个世纪将有更多的人需要更多的水。

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In fact, New Yorks municipal water for more than a century was called the champagne of tap water and until recently considered among the best in the world in terms of both taste and purity.

事实上，一个多世纪以来，纽约的市政用水一直被称为自来水中的香槟，它最近被认为是世界上口感和纯度最好的水之一。

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Scientists worry that soon there won't be enough water for us, as well as for the animals and plants that share our world.

科学家们担心，很快就会没有足够的水供我们使用，与我们共享这个世界的动植物同样也会没有足量的水可供使用。

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The older kind of submarine used in World War Two could stay under water for only about forty-eight hours.

VOA: special.2010.06.11

But the library basement also has another use as a studio for making ceramic water filters for the developing world.

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The U.N.report notes that the world's poorest countries are also the ones that use the most water for agriculture.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

Even if all salt water, which accounts for 97% of the world's water, is excluded, the remaining 3% should be ample for all conceivable human needs.

ECONOMIST: Water

Which is a shame, because the U.S. has the largest federal water zone in the world, with more ocean area suitable for deep-water fish farming than the country has arable land area.

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Cooperation on water issues will also be the theme for World Water Day on 22 March.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES