In September, the reservoirs in China’s Henan province dried up, leaving crops to shrivel and forcing some residents to drink from puddles on the ground. In late October, the city of Hyderabad, India, discovered that its water supply might be diverted next year for agricultural uses upstream, leaving some eight million people to wonder where they will find the 190 million gallons of water they need every day.
纽约——或许这是我们时代的标志。极少有哪个月水资源危机没有登上哪个国家的头版。8月初，农田排水导致伊利湖赤潮爆发，污染了俄亥俄州托莱多的饮用水。9月，中国河南省水库干涸，导致庄稼枯萎并迫使部分居民从水坑里取水。10月下旬，印度海德拉巴市发现该市供水水源可能在明年被转为上游农业用途，致使该市的八百万居民不知道要从哪里去找每天所需的1亿9千万加仑用水。