State water corporation is damaged in Yemen
A state water corporation is damaged in the conflict in Yemen, in Shibam Kawkaban District, Al Mahwit, Yemen.
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Air raids damage water wells in Yemen
Multiple air raids over the course of a week damage water wells in Bakil Al-Mir and Hayran Districts, Hajjah, Yemen.
Russian Federation forces bomb water treatment facility in Aleppo, Syria
Russian Federation forces bomb the al-Khafsa water treatment facility in the city of Aleppo, reportedly mistaking it for an oil production facility. The treatment plant draws water from the Euphrates River and is called “one of the most important in Syria, producing an average of 18 million litres of drinking water daily.” According to UNICEF, “The bombing caused severe damage and cut off piped water supplies on which approximately 3.5 million people depend.” Water pumping operations have since been partially…
Iranian border guards open fire on Afghan villagers accessing river water
A dispute over the allocation and rights to water from the Hari Rud River between Afghanistan and Iran leads to at least ten deaths when Iranian border guards allegedly open fire on Afghan villagers trying to collect river water. The river provides water for agricultural production in Herat province, Afghanistan, and to the downstream Iranian city of Mashhad, Iran’s second largest city.
Clashes between pastoralists and farmers over water access.
Clashes continue between pastoralists and farmers over access to water and grazing lands in the face of severe drought. Water shortages have forced the herders to move to farmers’ land for grazing, leading to clashes.
Attacks interrupt construction of Illisu and Silvan dams, Turkey
At the end of 2014, work on the Ilisu Dam stops for four months after the armed wing of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) kidnaps two of the project’s subcontractors. When construction resumes, the largely non-Kurdish workforce is escorted to the site by military tanks. Militants also target Diyarbakir’s Silvan Dam by placing explosives on the roads leading into the site, and security threats in the region cause construction delays.
Bombing of an oil pipeline leads to contamination of water supplies
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels bomb an oil pipeline, causing it to spill 10,000 barrels of oil into the Mira River, leaving an estimated 150,000 people without drinking water. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos declares a state of emergency in the state of Tumaco due to the spill.
Kosovo authorities shut off water to Pristina as preventative measure against a planned attack
A planned attack on the water supply in Pristina, Kosovo is prevented before its execution. The attack is intended to contaminate Badovac Lake, the largest water reservoir uphill of the city. As a preventative measure, Kosovo authorities temporarily shut off the water supply to tens of thousands of people in the capital after police arrest five suspects linked to Islamic State.
A water filtration plant in the Ukraine is damaged
During multiple attacks on the city of Shchastya, Ukraine, a water filtration station is hit. One person is killed and two others wounded during the attacks. While no group claims responsibility for the attacks, they are attributed to the Luhansk People’s Republic.
Islamic State attacks Mosul Dam on the Tigris
An attack by Islamic State (IS) fighters on the Mosul Dam on the Tigris river leads to the death of 16 Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers. The dam provides electricity to part of the Anbar province, which was under IS’s control at the time. In August 2014, the dam is seized by Kurdish and Iraqi government forces from IS, who had taken control of it weeks earlier. The 1,200 families who are said to have been operating the dam mostly fled when…