Each summer, drinking water is siphoned off from a region straddling Los Angeles and Orange counties, forcing a drop as great as 100 feet in the water table.

• 每年夏天，人们都会从洛杉矶和奥兰治地区抽取饮用水，地下水位下降最多会下降100英尺，而当秋冬季节到来的时候，人们又会将水泵回到地下。