21.  Shortages have forced Syria to ration water.

22.  Some crops in southern Portugal have already been written off this year, while France is rationing water after seeing some farmland dried to dust.

23.  The city of Cochabamba, Bolivia, which has a population of half a million, has already begun rationing water.

24.  The project is critical for Jordan, which rations water.

25.  The Taiwan government will start rationing water to swimming pools from Wednesday and may cut supplies to residential areas if the drought worsens.

26.  Water had been rationed since mid-October.

27.  Water has been rationed since November in most Sofia districts.

28.  Village women walk long distances to get drinking water, and water is rationed even in major cities like New Delhi.

29.  Yakhno said the city plans to ration water until the pump is replaced.

30.  In one of the hottest debates, Iraq and Syria have accused Turkey of using a series of dams to ration water from the Euphrates river.