1·Not even the devout deny the plight of the Ganges now.
甚至是最虔诚的教徒都不否认恒河现在的困境。
2·The underground sediment of the Ganges Delta contains arsenic.
恒河三角洲的地下沉积物中含有砷。
3·Affected rivers include the Ganges in India, the Niger in west Africa, and the Colorado in the southwestern United States.
受到影响的河流包括印度的恒河、西非的尼日尔河以及美国西南部的科罗拉多河等等。
4·Instead, two additional canals along the Ganges divert water to farmers in the powerful rural areas, so by the time the river reaches Kanpur, it is already depleted.
反而，沿着恒河有两条额外的运河把水输送到广大的农村地区，因此，等到水到了坎普尔的时候，它就已经耗尽了。
5·Even so, water levels have fallen steeply: the Ganges once had an average depth of about 197 ft. (60 m) around Varanasi, but in some places it is now only 33 ft. (10 m).
即使这样，水位还是下降了很多：在瓦拉纳西，恒河曾经平均水深197英尺(60米)，但是有些河段现在只有33英寸(10米)。