Students riot over power cuts and water shortages.
Students riot over power cuts and water shortages.
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Militia attack village over land and water disputes
Boran militia attack Gabra village near the Ethiopian border. The attack is linked to long-running disputes over land and water.
Militias smash water wells
Janjaweed militias smash water wells and burn both food and seeds in the Jebel Marra area. They also allegedly throw dead bodies into some open wells.
Riots in prison over water shortage
Riots occur at the main prison in Abidjan over a water shortage.
Rebels destroy offices of local water utility
Rebels destroy several houses and the offices of the local police and water utility.
Al Qaeda theatens US water
Al-Qaeda threatens U.S. water systems via call to a London-based, Saudi-owned magazine. The spokesman told the magazine that “al Qaeda [does not rule out] using sarin gas and poisoning drinking water in U.S. and Western cities.”
Bombs found at US bottling plant
Four incendiary devices are found in the pumping station of a Michigan water-bottling plant. The Earth Liberation Front (ELF) claims responsibility, accusing Ice Mountain Water Company of “stealing” water for profit. Ice Mountain is a subsidiary of Nestle Waters.
Columbian water plant bombed
A bomb blast at the Cali Drinking Water Treatment Plant kills 3 workers May 8th. The workers were members of a trade union involved in intense negotiations over privatization of the water system.
Iraq attempts to poison water at US base
Jordanian authorities arrest Iraqi agents in connection with a botched plot to poison the water supply that serves American troops in the eastern Jordanian desert near the border with Iraq. The scheme involved poisoning a water tank that supplies American soldiers at a military base in Khao, which lies in an arid region of the eastern frontier near the industrial town of Zarqa.
Water systems damaged in US-Iraq war
During the US-led invasion of Iraq, water systems are reportedly damaged or destroyed by different parties, and major dams are military objectives of the US forces. Damage directly attributable to the war includes vast segments of the water distribution system and the Baghdad water system, damaged by a missile.