When then there is not enough potable water for given necessity, the threat of a water crisis is realized. The United Nations and other world organisations consider a variety of regions to have water crises such that it is a global concern. Other organisations, such as the Food and Agriculture Organisation, argue that there is no water crises in such places, but that steps must still be taken to avoid one.
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