Water crisis could refer to:

• 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

• Chinese water crisis
• Kenya water crisis
• 1998 Klang Valley water crisis
• 1998 Sydney water crisis
• Cape Town water crisis
• Water crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Water crisis in Iran
• Water crisis in Honduras
• Flint water crisis
• Jackson, Mississippi, water crisis