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到2025年,不管在哪个国家,当你拧开水龙头时,里边流出的都将是符合卫生标准的可供直接饮用的水。这则令人兴奋的消息来自最近在荷兰海牙开幕的第二届世界水资源论坛部长级会议。但会议同时指出,如果人们继续无节制地浪费水——这一地球上最为宝贵的自然资源,这个人人饮用健康水的计划将很难成为现实。本届论坛部长级会议的讨论重点是如何防止目前正在世界许多地区出现的水资源供应危机。会议组织者称,尽管目前不能寄希望于在保护水资源方面出现奇迹,但会议还是希望能朝着解决人与水的矛盾的方向迈出重要一步。来自100多个国家的与会代表会后将发表一份共同宣言,阐述在今后两年中将实施的旨在缓解全球水资源危机的重要步骤。不少与会代表认为,从目前来看,实现安全饮用水目标的前景并不乐观。由联合国资助的21世纪世界水事委员会撰写的《21世纪水资源报告》显示,到2025年,全世界人口将达80亿,比现在增加20亿。估计在今后20年里,人类用水量将增长40%左右,全球水资源总需求量的20%将得不到满足。如果目前浪费水资源的情况继续下去,那么届时缺水人口的比例将提高到50%。专家们指出,长期以来,地中海沿岸、非洲北部和撒哈拉沙漠以南地
By 2025, when you untie the faucet, in any country, there will be hygienic standard ready-to-drink water. This exciting news comes from the ministerial meeting of the Second World Water Forum, which opened recently in The Hague, the Netherlands. But the meeting also pointed out at the same time that if people continue to waste water uncontrollably, the most precious natural resource on Earth, the plan to drink healthy water for all will hardly be a reality. The discussions at the ministerial meeting of this forum focused on how to prevent the crisis of water supply that is currently occurring in many parts of the world. Conference organizers said that although there is no hope that a miracle can be achieved in conserving water resources, the conference hopes to take a significant step towards resolving the contradiction between human beings and water. After a conference call from more than 100 countries, a joint declaration will be issued outlining important steps to be taken in the next two years aimed at alleviating the global water crisis. Many delegates think that from the current point of view, the prospect of achieving the goal of safe drinking water is not optimistic. The 21st Century Water Resources Report, written by the UN-funded 21st Century World Hydropower Commission, shows that by 2025, the world’s population will reach 8 billion, an increase of 2 billion more than it is now. It is estimated that human consumption will increase by about 40% in the next 20 years and 20% of the global total water demand will not be met. If the current wastage of water resources continues, the proportion of water-scarred will be raised to 50% at that time. Experts point out that for a long time the Mediterranean coast, northern Africa and sub-Saharan Africa