Tensions lead to violence between Uganda and Kenya after Kenyan Pokot herdsmen cross the border seeking water and pasture. In October, the Ugandan government sends 5,000 soldiers to control violence among pastoralists from the two countries.
Partition leaves Indus basin divided between India and Pakistan; disputes over irrigation water ensue, during which India stems flow of water into irrigation canals in Pakistan. Indus Waters Agreement reached in 1960 after 12 years of World Bank-led negotiations.
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) releases an “unknown agent,” presumably thought to be poisonous, in a water treatment plant. No injuries are reported.
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.