A water plant near Algeciras, Colombia is severely damaged from an explosive, leaving approximately 13,000 people without services. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels are blamed for the attack. This attack on infrastructure comes after several other similar attacks on electrical plants and towers.
A group of heavily armed militants fire blank rounds of bullets at a dam, creating panic amoung the locals. No casualties are reported.
A water pipeline is damaged from explosions when it is misidentified as a gas pipeline, disrupting the water supply to a nearby village.
A car bomb thought to be targeted at a community water supply detonates near an aqueduct. No group claims responsibility, however Colombian officials attributed it to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
Four water project employees are kidnapped by assailants dressed as police officers. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown and no group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
The water well for a village in the Bay region is destroyed by an attack attributed to Al-Shabaab.
In less than a week, several water projects are the targets of explosives, killing six employees of one of the water projects and damaging the infrastructure in Al-Shirqat District, Saladin Governorate, and Mushirfah, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq.
At least two people die from a blast at a water purification plant in the city of Fallujah, in Al Anbar Province. More than 20 people are hospitalized from chlorine poisoning from the destruction of a water-purification chemical storage facility.
Gunmen fire at a water filtration center, causing an unknown number of casualties. Landmines are planted at a dam in Bakhmut (formerly Artemivsk district), Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The outcome of the attack is not reported and no group claims responsibility, although it is attributed to the Donetsk People’s Republic.
A water pipeline is damaged by an explosive device near the Pan-American Highway in Colombia. The attack is attributed to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).