水利水电工程专业英语——灌溉与排水篇.docxVIP

水利水电工程专业英语——灌溉与排水篇 1. Consumptive Use of Water 1. 消耗性用水 Consumptive use of water involves problems of water supply, both surface and underground, as well as problems of management and economics of irrigation projects. Consumptive use has become a highly important factor in the arbitration of controversies over major stream systems where the public welfare of valleys, states, and nations is involved. Before available water resources of a drainage basin in arid and semiarid regions can be satisfactorily ascertained, careful consideration must be given to consumptive use requirements for water in