Uzbekistan cuts downstream flow to Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan raises regional tensions by cutting off 70 percent of flow downstream, threatening 100,000 hectares and prompting a riot by Kazakh farmers.
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Fight over control of water in Pakistan
In Karachi, rival sects of the Taliban fight for the control of water by controlling infrastructure and land.
Afghani terrorists poison water at girls’ school
Up to 150 schoolgirls are reported sickened by poison in a school water supply in an intentional attack thought to be carried out by religious conservatives opposed to the education of women.
Water as a weapon in the battle of Delium, 424 BC
In the battle of Delium, the Athenians are at war with the Theban Confederacy. It is a custom at that time not to damage sacred areas, such as the waters at the Delium temple. In this conflict, however, the Athenians foul the temple waters and destroy local vineyards and agricultural fields for a short-term military advantage.
Five killed at protest against lack of water at Indonesian prison
Protests against the lack of water and other basic resources at a prison in Medan, Indonesia leave five dead. Hundreds of convicts escape after the inmates set fire to the prison.
Japan’s Unit 731 poisons wells
Japanese chemical and biological weapons activities reportedly include tests by ‘Unit 731’ against military and civilian targets by lacing water wells and reservoirs with typhoid and other pathogens.
Demonstrators killed during protests over water shortages in Somaliland
At least two demonstrators are killed and others wounded when protests against water shortages are broken up by police firing live bullets. The shortages were caused by a work stoppage by private water vendors protesting new taxes.
God Punishes Man with Six-Day Storm
Ancient Sumerian legend recounts the deeds of the deity Ea, who punished humanity for its sins by inflicting the Earth with a six-day storm. The Sumerian myth parallels the Biblical account of Noah and the deluge, although some details differ.
Lagash-Umma border dispute
The dispute over the Gu’edena (edge of paradise) region begins. Urlama, King of Lagash from 2450 to 2400 BC, diverts water from this region to boundary canals, drying up boundary ditches to deprive Umma of water. His son Il cuts off the water supply to Girsu, a city in Umma.
Tigris River dammed
A grandson of Hammurabi, Abish or Abi-Eshuh, dams the Tigris to prevent the retreat of rebels led by Iluma-Ilum, who declares the independence of Babylon. This failed attempt marks the decline of the Sumerians who had reached their apex under Hammurabi.