关注清洁水危机  

Pay attention to the clean water crisis  

清洁水不仅是一种资源——它是人类的基本权利，是公共健康的基石，也是可持续发展的前提。
然而，清洁水危机正日益加剧，主要驱动因素包括：

• 人口增长与城市化，加大了水资源需求；
• 气候变化与污染问题，导致水质恶化；
• 基础设施缺口，使安全供水难以保障。

不安全的水源不仅是霍乱、痢疾和伤寒等疾病的传播媒介，还直接影响日常饮食和烹饪安全，威胁每个人的健康。同时，微塑料和PFAS（“永久化学物”）等新型污染物开始渗入甚至经过处理的水源，带来长期风险。

水资源短缺也对生态系统造成严重影响：河流干涸、湿地萎缩、生物多样性受损，过度开采地下水更导致地面沉降和海水入侵。

清洁水危机不仅存在于遥远的地方，它是一个全球性问题，影响着生活的方方面面。
解决这一问题需要政府、产业、社区和个人的共同努力。水是生命，保护水资源是我们这一代最紧迫的任务之一。

Clean water is not just a resource—it is a fundamental human right, the cornerstone of public health, and a prerequisite for sustainable development.
However, the clean water crisis is intensifying, driven mainly by:

• Population growth and urbanization, which increase water demand;
• Climate change and pollution, which degrade water quality;
• Infrastructure gaps, making safe water supply difficult to guarantee.

Unsafe water sources are not only carriers of diseases such as cholera, dysentery, and typhoid, but also directly affect daily food preparation and cooking safety, threatening everyone’s health. At the same time, emerging pollutants like microplastics and PFAS (“forever chemicals”) are infiltrating even treated water, posing long-term risks.

Water scarcity also severely impacts ecosystems: rivers dry up, wetlands shrink, biodiversity suffers, and excessive groundwater extraction leads to land subsidence and seawater intrusion.

The clean water crisis is not confined to distant places—it is a global issue that affects every aspect of life.
Solving this problem requires joint efforts from governments, industries, communities, and individuals. Water is life, and protecting water resources is one of the most urgent tasks of our generation.