Bomb on water tank injures 15
A bomb placed under a water tank explodes, injuring 15 people in Peshawar, Pakistan.
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Water and other ecological threats used as justification for attack on cattle company
A fire is set in a cattle company building outside of Sacramento, California, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. An unidentified caller claiming to be part of Earth First! states he set the fire “because we are opposed to the livestock industry because it causes irreparable damage to the environment by putting chemicals in food and water and destroying natural habitat for wildlife.”
Angolans attack South African dam
Cuban and Angolan forces launch an attack on Calueque Dam via land and then air. Considerable damage inflicted on dam wall; power supply to dam cut. Water pipeline to Ovamboland cut and destroyed.
Police report nine people are sickened by the intentional contamination of the water supply of a private apartment building in S
At least nine people from a private apartment building in Edinburgh, Scotland report coming down with a diarrheal disease caused by Giardia lamblia. Investigators of the incident believe that the water supply to the apartment had been deliberately contaminated with fecal matter containing Giardia.
19 police recruits in the Philippines die from poisoned water and candy from an unknown source
19 Filipino police recruits die after drinking and eating water and candy from an unknown person.
Alleged attempt to infect the water supply to a refugee camp with biological agents
The Civilian Cooperation Bureau, a covert South African unit, is accused of an attempt to infect the water supply of a refugee camp in Dabora, Namibia, with cholera and yellow fever. The attempt is thought to fail due to the high chlorine content in the water.
Attacks on energy systems in Iraq leaves cities without water
During the Gulf War, targeted attacks on transformers and turbines at water treatment plants leave whole cities, such as Basra, without water or wastewater treatment. And due to embargos, parts needed to fix the plants are not available. It is estimated that at least 25% of water treatment plants in Iraq do not have backup power supply and are inoperable after electrical grids are damaged.
Violence over use of India’s Cauvery River
Violence erupts when Karnataka, India rejects an Interim Order handed down by the Kaveri Waters Tribunal, set up by the Indian Supreme Court. The Tribunal was established in 1990 to settle two decades of dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over irrigation rights to the Kaveri River.
Lack of water from drought contributes to onset of the Arab-Fur War.
The Arab-Fur War (1987-1989) between the Arab and Fur ethnic groups in Libya, is triggered in part by severe drought that strains farmer-herder relationships. Libyan leader Gaddafi sends drought relief supplies and weaponry to opposing sides.
During Persian Gulf War, allied forces attack and destroy urban water and sanitation facilities in Basra, Iraq
During the Persian Gulf War, Allied forces target water and sanitation facilities in Iraq’s second-largest city, Basra. The damage is unrepairable.