Ongoing anthropogenic and climatic pressures on inland waters have made water quality management a challenge of the 21st century. A holistic catchment-scale approach to water management which includes stakeholder participation will be a key in maintaining lake health. A first step toward community engagement is to bolster environmental literacy on lake management, ecology, and eutrophication concepts of stakeholders now and in future generations. However, communicating with nonwater professionals about effects of pollution on water quality and catchment-scale interactions across space and time can be difficult. Here, we present “Flipping Lakes,” a games-based method for lake professionals to communicate and educate about catchment-level water quality management to diverse audiences. In Flipping Lakes, the players take on the role of water managers in a catchment and are tasked to prevent a lake from “flipping” from a clear to a turbid state. During the game, the catchment slowly becomes polluted by a range of sources of which the effects are exacerbated by societal or climatic scenarios. Players need to implement measures while taking into consideration the intrinsic properties of the catchment in order to keep lakes clean. The game was tested with a diverse range of user groups and was well-received. With its entertaining and accessible content, Flipping Lakes can lower communication barriers and increase understanding of difficult water quality concepts. The game is highly customizable, making it applicable to a variety of settings to support education and engagement of stakeholders and the broader community in order to address local water challenges around the globe.

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翻转湖泊：通过严肃的游戏解释流域规模的水资源管理概念

内陆水域持续的人为和气候压力使水质管理成为 21 世纪的挑战。包括利益相关者参与的整体流域规模的水管理方法将是维持湖泊健康的关键。社区参与的第一步是加强利益相关者现在和后代对湖泊管理、生态和富营养化概念的环境素养。然而，与非水务专业人士就污染对水质的影响以及跨空间和时间的流域规模相互作用进行交流可能很困难。在这里，我们展示了“翻转湖泊”，这是一种基于游戏的方法，供湖泊专业人士向不同的受众交流和教育流域级水质管理。在翻转湖中，玩家在集水区扮演水资源管理者的角色，任务是防止湖泊从清澈到浑浊状态“翻转”。在游戏过程中，集水区会慢慢受到一系列来源的污染，而社会或气候情景会加剧这些来源的影响。玩家需要在考虑流域的内在属性的同时采取措施，以保持湖泊的清洁。该游戏在不同的用户群中进行了测试，并广受欢迎。凭借其娱乐性和可访问性的内容，Flipping Lakes 可以降低沟通障碍并增加对困难水质概念的理解。游戏高度可定制，