A lot of these 'water crisis' articles seem to try to make it out to be more of a crisis than it is, in that the amount of water remains similar and people squa

A lot of these 'water crisis' articles seem to try to make it out to be more of a crisis than it is, in that the amount of water remains similar and people squabble over what to use it for. Like in Cyprus they say the amount of water is down 17% since 1900 which is not that much and the main reason they are short is "all these tourists, all these golf courses". Life is full of trade offs - you have to decide whether to use it for vineyards or golf courses but I'm not sure that's the crisis the article makes out.