译者点评:这是一篇有关中国缺水问题的文章。说中国面临水资源危机,提法可能尖锐点,但绝非危言耸听。中国人均储水量只有世界人均的四分之一,而且水资源分布很不均匀,绝大部分集中在南方,北方的沙漠化不断加深,越来越多的土地因缺水而贫瘠,地下水层日益干涸,沿海盐碱化逐渐扩大,不少城市在未来一二十年内将面临断水的威胁。在首都北京,最近提出了“增强节水意识.建设节水型城市”的呼吁,并提出“量水而行”的方针。可见,在水资源紧缺的情况下,为确保可持续发展.人们越来越认识到节水的重要性。 Translator Comments: This is an article about water shortage in China. To say that China is facing a water crisis, the formulation may be sharp, but it is not alarmist. China’s per capita water storage is only one-quarter of the world’s average, and water resources are unevenly distributed. Most of them are concentrated in the south. Desertification in the north is deepening. More and more land is poor due to lack of water, and aquifers are increasingly drying up. Coastal salinization is gradually expanding, and many cities will face the threat of water shortage in the next decade or two. In Beijing, the capital, it recently put forward the call for “enhancing water-saving awareness and building a water-saving city”, and proposed the principle of “measuring the quantity of water”. It can be seen that in the context of water scarcity, people are increasingly aware of the importance of water conservation in order to ensure sustainable development.