The Hwacheon Dam in Korea, completed in 1944, becomes both a target and a tool of opposing forces during the Korean War. In 1951, North Korea opens the dam to flood downstream areas and slow advancing UN forces. In response, the US Navy sends aircraft to bomb the dam, the last known American use of aerial torpedoes in war.
11 are killed and 11 more injured during an attack by Fulani herdsmen on a farming community in Central Nigeria, ignited by the continuing conflict over land and water resources.
Shots are fired at a checkpoint for an Iranian company working on a water project south of Kirkuk, Iraq.
Work on the controversial $13 billion Belo Monte dam is halted after protesters burn buildings at three dam sites.
Militia of the Merowe Dam Militia Implementation Unit in the Sudan attack a gathering of villagers concerned about the community impacts of the dam at a school in Amri village, killing three farmers and injuring more than 50 others.
Angry villagers in the Sudan stage protests against Kajbar Dam; four villagers are killed by government militia.
Militia opposing East Timor independence kills pro-independence supporters and throws bodies in water well.
A clash between villagers and thirsty monkeys leaves eight apes dead and ten villagers wounded. The duel starts after water tankers bring water to a drought-stricken area and monkeys desperate for water attack the villagers.
American forces bomb the hydroelectric facility at Kajaki Dam in Helmand province of Afghanistan, cutting off electricity for the city of Kandahar. The dam itself is not targeted.
Italian police arrest four Moroccans allegedly planning to contaminate the water supply system in Rome with a cyanide-based chemical, targeting buildings that included the United States embassy. Ties to Al-Queda are suggested.