Soviet troops dynamite Ukranian dam
On April 13th the Kiev Hydropower Station on the Dnieper River receives a threat that 40 rail cars filled with explosives had been placed on a portion of levees holding back the reservoir.
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Small Peruvian town protests company’s groundwater pumping
In a feud over water, farmers in the Peruvian town of Ocucaje challenge an effort by a company, Agricola La Venta, to start pumping from three wells. Water from the wells would flow through about eight miles of pipes to a farm that produces table grapes for export. Protesters set fire to plastic pipes and one protester is injured by company representatives during a dispute. The town is already struggling with serious water shortages and villagers are concerned that the…
A local activist is injured during attempt to observe well digging operation by a private agricultural corporation in Peru
A local activist in Peru seeking to block corporate agricultural company, Agricola La Venta, from drilling wells is assaulted as she attempts to view a new well.
Local farmers burn a water pipe in attempt to stop groundwater pumping
Local farmers in Peru burn a plastic water pipe in an attempt to stop groundwater pumping by a corporate agricultural company Agricola La Venta.
Wei River dams in China are breached in 204 BC
An intentional rupturing of the Wei River dams leads to the victory of Han Dynasty forces.
300,000 deaths when Yellow River dikes are breached in 1642.
In 1642, in a battle between the incoming Manchu and the forces of the Ming dynasty, Yellow River (China) dikes are breached by both sides, creating a catastrophe for Kaifeng in which 300,000 of its 378,000 citizens die.
German water supply threatened
A German biologist threatens to contaminate water supplies with bacilli of anthrax and botulinum toxin unless he is paid $8.5 million.
Anonomous note threatens to contaminate NYC’s reservoirs
An anonymous letter writer threatens to contaminate New York City’s water reservoirs with plutonium unless charges against a man accused of vigilantism for shooting four African American men in the New York subway are dropped. Testing detects minute levels of plutonium in the water on but scientists could not conclude whether the threat to contaminate the New York City water supply would be actually carried out or whether the sample is contaminated prior to receipt.
Islamic State destroys water wells, pumps, and pipes in agricultural regions in Iraq
Farmers returning to their land in northwestern Iraq after the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) find widespread devastation to agricultural land, livestock, and machinery, including water pumps, wells, pipes and generators. One assessment by the Iraq Food and Security Cluster Partnership notes that of the 450 deep wells, only 50 are still useable. Another assessment by Amnesty International details the destruction of wells on the properties of more than 30 different farmers from across the country.
Jewish protestors killed by Roman troops in protest over stream diversion
Roman Procurator Pontius Pilate uses sacred money to divert a stream to Jerusalem, Israel. The Jews are angered at the diversion and tens of thousands gather to protest. Pilate’s soldiers mingle among the crowd and with daggers hidden in their garments, attack the protesters. “A great number” are slain and wounded and the sedition ends.