Two members of the right-wing “Order of the Rising Sun” are arrested in Chicago with 30-40 kg of typhoid cultures with which they allegedly planned to poison the water supply in Chicago, St. Louis, and other cities. Experts say the plan is unlikely to cause health problems due to water chlorination.
A German biologist threatens to contaminate water supplies with bacilli of anthrax and botulinum toxin unless he is paid $8.5 million.
Striking workers are thought to be the cause of multiple attacks on various water infrastructure run by the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewers Authority, a government-owned water agency. One attack destroys water pipes connected to two major refineries, while another leaves a large portion of the City of San Juan without running water for an entire day. The attacks are attributed to a group known as the Armed Forces for National Liberation, however no direct link has been made proving…
During the so-called “Secret Wars” in southeast Ethiopia, water wells are destroyed and poisoned by Ethiopian troops in an attempt to halt insurgents. The Ethiopian military is thought to have been advised in applying these tactics by Soviet and Cuban officials.
South African troops move into Angola to occupy and defend the Ruacana hydropower complex, including the Gove Dam on the Kunene River. Goal is to take possession of and defend the water resources of southwestern Africa and Namibia.
Reported threat to contaminate water supply of New York City with nerve gas.
Four separate explosions occur at several British military bases, one damaging the water system at Akrotiri (Santorini), an airbase near Limassol, in southern Cyprus, Greece.
Iraq threatens to bomb the Euphrates dam (also known as al-Thawra or Tabqa dam) in Syria and massed troops along the border, alleging that the dam had reduced the flow of Euphrates River water to Iraq.
United States bombs dikes in the Red River delta, rivers, and canals during massive bombing campaign.
Long standing tensions over the Nile, especially the Blue Nile, originate in Ethiopia. Ethiopia’s proposed construction of dams on the headwaters of the Blue Nile leads Egypt to repeatedly declare the vital importance of water. “The only matter that could take Egypt to war again is water’ (Anwar Sadat, 1979). “The next war in our region will be over the waters of the Nile, not politics” (Boutros Boutrous-Ghali, 1988).