Water truly is life. It's needed for everything on a day-to-day basis. When we see the many effects of climate change—whether it's changing weather patterns that are leading to more heat-related illness and death, or wildfires that have caused both injury and respiratory conditions and the stress that comes along with it—protecting water is another element of that. With the changes in what infectious diseases can survive in different parts of the world, we see some of the shifts in what might be in the water. We see some invasive species that are taking hold in some parts.
I live in Manitoba, where Lake Manitoba has invasive species that are living in the lake, causing harm to that water and making it unsafe to use for many things. This is something that is interlinked and affects the health of all of us.