Officials in Tamil Nadu say groundwater supplies have shrunk.

泰米尔纳德邦官员表示，地下水供应已经缩减。

Officials in Tamil Nadu say groundwater supplies have shrunk. They have asked other states for water.

泰米尔纳德邦的一些官员表示，地下水供应已经缩减。他们已经请求其他邦支援水源。

High dependence on groundwater supplies, which are decreasing, is an added concern, Paul Reig told reporters.

保罗·雷格对记者说，对地下水供应的高度依赖是另一个令人担忧的问题，而地下水供应正在减少。

Reig noted groundwater supplies are difficult to measure and manage because they are deep below the Earth's surface.

雷格指出，地下水供应难以测量和管理，因为这一资源位于地表之下。

In Tunisia, fresh groundwater supplies are decreasing quickly. About two-thirds of the land is threatened by a lack of rain and loss of trees.

在突尼斯，新鲜的地下水供应正在迅速减少。大约三分之二的土地受到缺乏降水和树木损失的威胁。

You've got anywhere between five and seven layers that protect what's inside the pipe from what's outside of it. I chiefly mean groundwater supplies.

这5到7层不仅保护管道里面的东西还有外面的。我指的主要是地下水供应。