The frequency of extreme weather events, including floods, storms, droughts, extreme temperatures, and wildfires, has intensified globally over recent decades due to climate change, affecting human society profoundly. Among all the impacts of these extreme weather events, the consequences to our reliable water supply have gained increasing attention as they exacerbate the inequities in health and education, especially in marginalized populations. In this perspective, we emphasize that extreme weather events are able to undermine a stable supply of drinking water through a number of approaches, and conventional centralized water treatment is insufficient at addressing these challenges. We urge that greater recognition, increased public awareness, and more efforts on technological innovation on decentralized, especially point-of-use (POU), water treatment should be prioritized to better help tackle the challenges faced by increasingly frequent extreme weather events.

近几十年来，由于气候变化，洪水、风暴、干旱、极端气温和野火等极端天气事件的频率在全球范围内加剧，对人类社会产生了深远的影响。在这些极端天气事件的所有影响中，对我们可靠供水的影响越来越受到关注，因为它们加剧了健康和教育方面的不平等，特别是在边缘化人群中。从这个角度来看，我们强调极端天气事件能够通过多种方法破坏稳定的饮用水供应，而传统的集中式水处理不足以应对这些挑战。我们敦促在去中心化，尤其是使用点 (POU) 的技术创新上获得更大的认可、提高公众意识和更多的努力，