The 2000's Peninsula water shortage crisis is an ongoing socioeconomic, political and ecological crisis in the U.S. state of Peninsula. The crisis, which officially began with the 2005 water ration, has been caused by the overpopulation of the Baja California peninsula, where the state is exclusively located. The peninsula, which ecologists and environmentalists agree can at most support 3,500,000 to 4,000,000 residents, is currently home to almost 8,000,000 as of the 2010 census.