The then-current decay of European society because people had lost compassion and charity and these things are required for the proverbial grail-knight to arise, for the year-king to return and ensure a good harvest year. The water is gone from the waste land because people have lost self-control and their fiery lust burns away the moisture, creating and enlarging the waste land of Europe. Rocks, and no water. Even if the grail were found, there was nothing to put in it to rejuvenate the land.
I must admit, though, that I didn't see much in the words Eliot wrote and extrapolated this from several sites.
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