US bombs irrigation systems in Vietnam
Irrigation water supply systems in North Vietnam are bombed during the Vietnam War. An estimated 661 sections of dikes damaged or destroyed.
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US attempts to flood Vietnam
The US military, in ‘Operation Popeye,’ uses silver iodide for cloud seeding over Indochina (Vietnam), in an attempt to extend the monsoon season and stop the flow of materiel along Ho Chi Minh trail. “Continuous rainfall was intended to slow down the truck traffic and was relatively successful.”
US bombs water works in Vietnam
United States bombs dikes in the Red River delta, rivers, and canals during massive bombing campaign.
Malaysia threatens to cut Singapore’s water
Malaysia supplies about half of Singapore’s water and in 1997 threatened to cut off that supply in retribution for criticisms by Singapore of policy in Malaysia.
Indonesian militia dump bodies in wells in East Timor
Militia opposing East Timor independence kills pro-independence supporters and throws bodies in water well.
Philippine water poisoned
The militant Islamist separatist group Abu Sayyaf threatens to poison the water supply in Isabela, a mainly Christian town on Basilan Island in the country’s south. In October, residents in six nearby villages are suspected for contamination due to water that smelled like gasoline. Local officials respond by closing pipelines and bringing in drinking water by truck. In the months following the 9/11 attacks on New York, numerous false alarms of terrorist activity are reported around the world.
Homemade bomb is planted inside the gates of the Metro Water District
On Wednesday, ordnance experts defuse a homemade bomb discovered by employees planted on a bench inside the gates of the Metro Water District, a government-run building at Cotabato, Philippines. No damage or casualties occur. No group claims of responsibility for the attack.
More than 30 armed men detonate an improvised explosive device at the electric transformer of a Pump House
At night in Victorias City, Negros Occidental, Philippines, more than 30 armed men detonate an improvised explosive device at the electric transformer of Malago Pump House owned by the Victorias Milling Company sugar refinery before setting it on fire. The damage is initially placed at P400,000 ($9,246 USD). No casualties are reported. New People?s Army militants claim responsibility.
Assailants open fire on security personnel escorting a water tanker convoy
Assailants open fire on security personnel escorting a Freeport Indonesia water tanker convoy in Mimika district, Papua province, Indonesia. There are no reported casualties, but the vehicles are damaged. This is one of two coordinated attacks on this convoy on this day, neither of which are claimed by any group.
An explosive device detonates in a canal
An explosive device detonates in a canal in barangay Poblacion, M’lang town, North Cotabato province, Philippines. No casualties are reported in the blast. No group claims responsibility for this incident; however, police suspect the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).