Some dams hold as little as 17 percent of possible storage.

有些水坝的蓄水量只占可能蓄水量的17%。

Our hot water comes from a cistern on the roof.

热水来自屋顶的蓄水箱。

The dams hold water for a few purposes.

这些水坝蓄水有几个目的。

Vast reservoirs will catch the monsoon rains to replenish the aquifers.

巨大的蓄水池可以收集雨水补充含水层。

Snowpack is its own type of reservoir.

积雪是其自身的蓄水池。

She was filling the tank for him !

她在替他向蓄水池注水！

The Sau Reservoir is already at less than 10% capacity.

绍水库的蓄水量已经不足10%。

There's a large room back there, which is a cistern.

后面有一个大房间，那有个蓄水罐。

So if you're looking for water holding capacity, perlite probably isn't the thing.

因此，如果需要蓄水功能的话，珍珠岩不在话下。

But now, they are only about 27 percent full.

但现在，它们的蓄水量只有27%左右。

The rivers that feed waterfalls freeze into spectacular ice climbs or natural sculptures.

为瀑布蓄水的结冰，变成壮观的冰峰或自然冰雕。

More rain means fuller lakes rivers and aquifers.

更多的雨水意味着更丰富的湖泊、和蓄水层。

In 2000, both reservoirs were about 95 percent full.

2000年，两座水库的蓄水量都达到了95%左右。

Lead is much used for making water-pipes, and for lining water-systems.

制造水管、蓄水池的衬里, 都要用很多铅。

Done consistently the hope is that cloud seeding can help bank water.

一直以来，人们都希望人工降雨能够帮助蓄水。

And I have to collect rainwater, which goes into the original cistern downstairs.

我还得收集雨水，雨水入楼下原来的蓄水池里。

Drop by precious drop, this miracle water is channelled to a reservoir.

一滴水接着一滴水，奇迹般地入了蓄水池。

Much of the Sahara is underlain by an enormous freshwater aquifer.

撒哈拉绝大部分区域是由底下的 巨大淡水地下蓄水层支撑。

Excess water and nutrients return to special reservoirs and then start circulating again.

多余的水分和营养物质回到特殊的蓄水池，然后再次开始循环。

It's the monsoon season, and the mighty Mekong, southeast Asia's greatest river, is in full flood.

现在正值季风时节，东南最大的，湄公蓄水充足。