美国环保局在Conrad举行听证会,讨论扩大含水层豁免范围的问题,由于废水迁移,影响6.4平方英里。 The U.S. EPA holds a hearing on expanding an aquifer exemption in Conrad, affecting 6.4 square miles due to wastewater migration.

美国环保局正于9月23日在康拉德举行公开听证会,讨论扩大两个地下注入井的拟议含水层豁免范围,由于麦迪逊含水层工业废水的长期迁移,受影响的地区增加到6.4平方英里。 The U.S. EPA is holding a public hearing on September 23 in Conrad to discuss expanding a proposed aquifer exemption for two underground injection wells, increasing the affected area to 6.4 square miles due to long-term migration of industrial wastewater in the Madison Aquifer. 与此同时,科罗拉多面临日益严重的水挑战,因为奥格拉拉等含水层以及圣路易斯河谷和丹佛河流域的含水层迅速枯竭,对农业和城市供应构成威胁。 Meanwhile, Colorado faces growing water challenges as aquifers like the Ogallala and those in the San Luis Valley and Denver Basin are rapidly depleted, threatening agriculture and urban supplies. 农民通过更多地依赖降雨和参加减少灌溉的方案来适应情况,而根据1943年的契约向内布拉斯加供水的努力则花费了1亿多美元。 Farmers are adapting by relying more on rainfall and participating in programs to reduce irrigation, while efforts to send water to Nebraska under a 1943 compact have cost over $100 million. 研究人员现在发现,地下水采矿对海平面上升的贡献大于冰融化,这突出表明保护地下水储量的全球紧迫性。 Researchers now find that groundwater mining contributes more to sea-level rise than ice melt, underscoring the global urgency to protect underground water reserves.