因此地下蓄水层越来越多地被用于补充农业灌溉、发电和经济快速增长的城市地区的日常用水（亚洲城市人口每天增长约120，000人 ） 。
So subterranean aquifers are increasingly being exploited for agriculture, power generation, and daily use in fast-growing cities (urban Asia is growing at a rate of 120,000 people per day).