国家地理:拉响关于水质的警报(4)

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Let's look at Puerto Rico. The water situation there was unacceptable -- the worst in the nation -- even before Hurricane Maria in 2017. An analysis by my organization, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), showed that almost all of Puerto Rico's residents in 2015 got their water from systems that violated the Safe Drinking Water Act and nearly 70 percent of them got their tap water from sources contaminated with coliform bacteria, disinfection by-products, and more.

看看波多黎各，该处的水令人难以下咽，甚至在2017年玛莉亚飓风袭击前就已是全美最糟。我管理的自然资源防护委员会（NRDC）分析指出，2015年在波多黎各，几乎所有居民的水源都来自违反《安全饮用水法案》的供水系统，其中将近70%的人获得的自来水，源头都受到大肠杆菌、消毒副产品和其他物质的污染。

Maria created a full-blown humanitarian crisis. People had no choice but to get their drinking water from toxic sources, and scores ended up in emergency rooms with gastrointestinal illnesses. Even now, more than a year after the storm, Puerto Ricans are still warned to boil water before drinking it.

玛莉亚飓风带来了全面的人道危机。人民别无选择，只能从有毒水源提取饮用水，最后造成许多人因肠胃疾病而被送往急诊室。即使到现在飓风已离去一年多了，波多黎各人在喝水之前仍被提醒要先把水煮沸。

As climate change increases the intensity and duration of hurricane season, Puerto Rico will likely find itself in even more dire circumstances. That means we need to invest significant resources now in the island's water and power infrastructure, which remains fragile at best.

随着气候变化加剧，飓风的强度增强，飓风季也跟着延长，波多黎各可能会陷入更严峻的局势。这意味着如今我们必须在波多黎各的水电基础设施上投入大量资源，因为这些建设即使在最佳状态，也是脆弱不堪。