At least two people die from a blast at a water purification plant in the city of Fallujah, in Al Anbar Province. More than 20 people are hospitalized from chlorine poisoning from the destruction of a water-purification chemical storage facility.
Reports from a military spokesperson from Iraq say secuirty forces fought off militant groups trying to sieze Haditha and a nearby dam on the Euphrates River. 40 militants are killed by the security forces.
Iraqi officials report that fighters with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) are advancing on the Haditha Dam, the second-largest in Iraq, raising the possibility of catastrophic damage and flooding. The ISIL militants are fighting for control of the Euphrates River dam, about 120 miles northwest of Baghdad and government forces were fighting to halt their advance. Army officers tell employees to stay inside and to be prepared to open the dam’s floodgates if ordered to do…
During the 2014 Israel-Gaza conflict, Gaza’s water infrastructure is heavily damaged. The World Health Organization and other aid groups report that a water facility, wastewater treatment plants, and a desalination facility are damaged by Israeli military action. Moreover, electricity shortages impede the ability of the remaining wastewater treatment plants to function effectively.
Mosul Dam in Iraq is taken over by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) forces in August 2014. Over the next several weeks, Kurdish and US forces attack ISIS/ISIL in the region and retake control of the dam.
Multiple air raids over the course of two days damage water wells and a water factory in Sihar District, Saada, Yemen.
A water drilling rig is damaged in Yemen, in the Haydan District, Saada.
An early morning air raid hits a water well in Al Mokha District, Taizz, Yemen.
In early January 2015 military troops in Iraq block an attack by IS militants that is attempting to destroy a dam and block a road connecting Diyala and the Shiite holy city of Sammara.
After Russia annexes Crimea from the Ukraine, they accuse the Ukraine of cutting off the water supply in the North Crimea Canal, leading to a water shortage for Crimea’s agricultural fields growing grapes, rice, maize, and soya. The canal delivers water from the Dnieper River in southern Ukraine and accounts for 80% of Crimea’s water supply. The Ukraine government denies any political motive for the cut in supply, describing the reduced flow as a temporary result of building a flow…