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The amount of usable water has always been of great interest in the world.
1 springs and streams
sometimes means control, particularly in the
2 areas like the desert. The control is possible even without
possession of large areas of
3 land. In the early days of the American West, gun fights were not
4 for
the water resources (资源). And laws had to be
5 to protect the water rights of the
6 and the use of
the water resources accordingly.
7 is known to us all, there is not
8 water in all places for everyone to use as much as he likes.
Deciding on the
9 of water that will be used in any particular period
10 careful planning, so that people
can manage and use water more
11 . Farmers have to change their use of or demand for water
12 the
water supply forecast (预报).
The
13 water supply forecast is based more on the water from the
14 than from the below. Interest
is
15 in the ways to increase rainfall by man-made methods, and to get water from the winter snow on
mountain
16 . With special equipment, some scientists are studying the ways in which the mountain snow
can be
17 , and with the help of a repeater station, they send the
18 data (数据) to the base station. The
operator at the base station can get the data at any time by
19 a button. In the near future, the forecast and
use of water
20 probably depend on the advance knowledge of snow on mountains, not of water
underground.
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