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.
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.
Since South Sudan’s independence in 2011, ongoing violent conflicts have harmed and destroyed water infrastructure across the country.
In June 18-19, demonstrators demanding a solution to a dried up water supply block the main road near Tozeur, leading to clashes with police.
Israel, suspicious that Jordan is over-diverting the Yarmouk, leads two raids to destroy the newly-built East Ghor Canal, Secret negotiations, mediated by the US, lead to an agreement in 1970.
Armed skirmishes arise in part because of disagreement over the control of the headwaters of Cenepa River. Wolf argues that this is primarily a border dispute simply coinciding with location of a water resource.
Puerto Rican nationalists are suspected in the bombing of a substation owned by Water Resource Authority. This incident leaves approximately 30,000 people in San Juan without electricity. This bombing is linked to a larger group of violent attacks on the state-owned Water Resources Authority.
A reservoir in Mercer County, Ohio is destroyed by a mob that considered it a health hazard.
Violence breaks out at a line waiting for water at a spring in a neighborhood in Cape Town after severe drought leaves the city with dwindling water supplies. After restrictions were imposed in early 2018, citizens have taken to collecting water from local springs, which are not counted in their water restrictions. In response to this violence, guards are posted at the spring and restrictions put on how much water can be collected.
NATO attacks petrochemical and fertilizer factories in Pancevo, Serbia, claiming they are “dual use,” producing chemicals and parts for both military and civilian uses. The attack leads to the extensive release of ammonia, ethylene dichloride, and other chemicals into the Danube River and contaminates the city’s water supply.