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加州干旱加剧！萨城居民需减少10%的用水量！
（SACBEE）Sacramento residents urged to reduce water usage by 10% as California drought deepens
由于加州干旱加剧，萨克拉门托居民敦促减少10%的用水量
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announces a proposal of a $5.1 billion investment for drought preparedness, infrastructure and response to ensure a more climate resilient system, in Merced County, Calif, on Monday, May 10, 2021. BY ANDREW KUHN
加州州长加文·纽森(Gavin Newsom)于2021年5月10日星期一在加州默塞德县宣布了一项51亿美元的投资计划，用于抗旱准备、基础设施和应对措施。
Sacramento-area residents were urged Thursday to cut water usage by 10% as much of the state has been plunged into another severe drought.
周四，由于该州大部分地区再次陷入严重干旱，萨克拉门托地区的居民被敦促减少10%的用水量。
Just three days after Gov. Gavin Newsom declared the area officially in a drought, the Sacramento Regional Water Authority asked for voluntary conservation measures as its member agencies scramble to cope with drought conditions that seemingly worsen by the day.
就在州长加文·纽森(Gavin Newsom)正式宣布该地区陷入干旱的三天之后，萨克拉门托地区水局(Sacramento Regional Water Authority)要求自愿采取保护措施，因为其成员机构正忙于应对似乎日益恶化的干旱状况。
“We are calling on local water providers to reduce their reliance on Folsom Lake and the Lower American River for their water supplies as much as possible,” Jim Peifer, the authority’s executive director, said in a prepared statement.
“我们呼吁当地的供水商尽可能减少对福尔松湖和美国下游河流的依赖，”管理局执行董事吉姆·派弗(Jim Peifer)在一份事先准备好的声明中说。
Although no new mandatory conservation orders have been issued, Peifer indicated that the 10% voluntary cuts might not be enough.
尽管没有发布新的强制性保护令，Peifer指出，10%的自愿削减可能还不够。
“Residents may be asked to further their efforts,” he said.
“居民们可能会被要求进一步节约，”他说。
The authority believes the region has enough water to withstand the drought. But the organization, whose 20 member agencies serve 2 million residents, is engineering a massive shift in its water portfolio to cope with the drought: The authority’s agencies will reduce their dependence on Folsom Lake and the Lower American River, and draw more heavily on the region’s massive groundwater basin. The basin is twice the size of Folsom Lake.
当局相信该地区有足够的水抵御干旱。不过，为应对干旱，该组织正在对其水资源组合进行大规模调整:当局的机构将减少对福尔松湖(Folsom Lake)和美国下游河(Lower American River)的依赖，并更多地利用该地区庞大的地下水盆地。该组织的20个成员机构为200万居民服务。这个盆地是福尔松湖的两倍大。
By preserving water in the reservoir and the river, the agencies are hoping to keep enough cold water in the system to fortify beleaguered populations of Chinook salmon and steelhead trout.
通过保护水库和河流的水，这些机构希望在系统中保持足够的冷水，以加强处于困境的Chinook salmon和steelhead trout的数量。
The idea is to preserve water in Folsom Lake and the Lower American River, where cool water is needed to prop up ailing fish populations. The regional authority oversees a complicated water-sharing agreement previously negotiated with environmental groups.
这个想法是为了保护福尔松湖和美国下游河流的水，那里需要凉爽的水来维持患病的鱼类种群。该地区当局负责监管此前与环保组织谈判达成的一项复杂的水资源共享协议。
“We are asking our residents to lower their water use — this is necessary to balance the interests between the economy and the environment,” Peifer said in an interview. He called the river “the crown jewel of the region.”
Peifer在一次采访中说:“我们正在要求我们的居民减少用水——这对于平衡经济和环境之间的利益是必要的。”他称这条河为“该地区王冠上的宝石”。
Six years ago former Gov. Jerry Brown issued a statewide drought emergency declaration requiring urban Californians to cut water use an average of 25%. Newsom on Monday declared that most of California is in drought, including the Sacramento region, but stopped short of ordering any mandatory cutbacks. His administration said mandates could come if the state suffers through another dry winter, but area officials are hoping such orders don’t become necessary.
六年前，加州前州长杰里·布朗(Jerry Brown)发布了一份全州干旱紧急声明，要求加州城市居民平均减少25%的用水量。纽森周一宣布，加州大部分地区都处于干旱之中，包括萨克拉门托地区，但没有下令任何强制性的削减。他的政府表示，如果该州再次遭遇干旱的冬天，可能会出台命令，但当地官员希望这类命令不是强制的。
“We want to persuade,” Peifer said.
“我们想说服他们，”佩弗说。
Officials say drought conditions have deteriorated severely in the past month, as snowmelt from the Sierra Nevada has been sopped up by ultra-dry soils, leaving very little runoff to reach the state’s reservoirs.
官员们表示，过去一个月干旱状况严重恶化，因为内华达山脉的融雪被极度干燥的土壤吸收，导致流入该州水库的径流很少。
Folsom Lake is lower than it was during the depths of the last drought in 2015.
福尔松湖水位低于2015年干旱最严重时的水位。
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