A severe drought in Northern KwaZulu-Natal sparks “water riots’ in the town of Jozini over access to water and in opposition to the installation of water meters. Violence erupts after a community protest, leading to the arrest of 23 people.
The US bombardment of the Japanese-occupied island in June 1944 targets water supply points, resulting in severe shortages.
A water diversion system in the Colorado Rocky Mountains near Berthoud Pass is vandalized, disrupting water deliveries for several days. The act is suspected to be linked to ongoing tensions over water diversions from the Colorado River basin to Denver and other Front Range communities.
Tensions revive in the area of Jammu and Kashmir in early 2014 when upper caste women reportedly restrict access to higher quality water sources.
At least four people are killed in South Africa during protests over water shortages in the northern town of Brits.
The construction and completion of a billion-dollar new middle-class Palestinian city of Rawabi in the West Bank is slowed and delayed for years while the Israeli government withholds access to basic water supplies. The delay is due, in part, to a larger dispute over the actions of the Israeli-Palestinian Joint Water Committee. In March 2015, the supply of water to Rawabi is finally approved. However, the supply is only sufficient for the 640 families that currently live there; far less…
Yugoslavia refuses to clear war debris on Danube (downed bridges) unless financial aid for reconstruction is provided; European countries on Danube fear flooding due to winter ice dams will result. Diplomats decry environmental blackmail.
Police use live ammunition against demonstrators in the southern part of Hargeisa. Residents of Ahmed Dhagah district in Hargeisa, mostly women and children, take to the streets protesting severe water shortages.
A family in Madhya Pradesh state in India is killed by a small mob for illegally drawing water from a municipal pipe. Others run to collect water for themselves before the pipe runs out. Drought and inequality in water distribution lead to increasing conflict in the region. Indian media report more than 50 violent clashes in the state capital, Bhopal during May alone. Since January, 12 people are killed and even more injured.
Seven children are killed by a bomb thought to be aimed at Afghan police and planted at a fresh water spring in Ghor Province.