Water crisis

• Water security, a goal of water management and policy
• Water scarcity, a shortage of water in a specific geography, such as the Cape Town water crisis
• Drought, the meteorological conditions created by lack of precipitation

Specific events

Americas

Chile

• Chilean water crisis
• Petorca water crisis

Honduras

• Water crisis in Honduras

United States

• Flint water crisis
• Jackson, Mississippi water crisis
• January 2025 Richmond water crisis
• Newark water crisis
• Pittsburgh water crisis
• Red Hill water crisis

Uruguay

• 2022–2023 Uruguay drought or water crises

Asia

• 1998 Klang Valley water crisis
• 2019 Chennai water crisis
• Water crisis in Metro Manila

Africa

• Cape Town water crisis
• Water crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Oceania

• 1998 Sydney water crisis