Water pipelines destroyed by rocket attacks and explosives
Several attacks with rockets and other explosives on pipelines that supply water to a gas plant in Dera Bugti, Pakistan, disrupt gas production.
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Luxury home burned to protest impact on watershed
The Earth Liberation Front (ELF) claims responsibility for setting a luxury home under construction on fire. Their written statement says they targeted the home because of its location in the Lake Monroe watershed, a drinking water supply for the town of Bloomington, Indiana, which is in jeopardy from urban sprawl.
Palestinian group attempts to pollute Israeli water with attack on an oil pipeline
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) places an explosive device on the Trans-Arabian Pipeline in Jordan in an attempt to pollute water that provides drinking water and water for fisheries to Israel in the Hutch Valley. While the explosive device did cause significant damage to the pipeline, reports do not indicate that water supplies were affected.
Bombs damage water, power, and Angolan Embassy in Lusaka
Sixteen bombs are reported to have exploded throughout the city of Lusaka, Zambia, with damage targeted at water pipes, power lines, and the Angolan Embassy. At least one person is killed and two are injured. Many people are without water and power for many days after the explosions. No one claims responsibility for the bombs, however, it is speculated that the attackers were seeking to discredit the Zambian government by causing chaos.
Water pipeline targeted in attack in Baghdad
A water pipeline is damaged by a targeted explosion, disrupting water services to approximately two million people in Baghdad, Iraq.
Water aid workers kidnapped
Five aid workers, employed by the charity Water for Life, are kidnapped at gunpoint in Somalia. This is one of the first instances of Somali natives being kidnapped, as well as one of the first instances of a woman being kidnapped.
Missionaries working on a water project attacked
Four Christian missionaries from the U.S. are killed and one other seriously wounded when they are attacked while working on a water project in Mosul, Iraq.
Poisoned bottled water in Italy
Approximately 50 people in northern Italy have to be treated in a hospital due to poisoned bottled water. An anarchist group is blamed by authorities for the poisonings.
Driver killed while transporting water
A driver of a truck transporting mineral water in Mosul, Iraq is killed when his truck is set on fire.
In attempt to prevent natural resource extraction, intentional oil spill leaves 4700 families without drinking water
A controversial pipeline is attacked once again, causing oil to spill into a local stream, polluting the water supply used by 4700 families. The Caño Limón–Coveñas oil pipeline has come under attack hundreds of times in an attempt by the local population to disrupt and halt natural resource extraction by multinational companies. One source reports that since the pipeline was built in 1985 it has been attacked 972 times.