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173 The full Pacific Institute Water Conflict Chronology, updated for 2010–2012, appears be- low. A summary of recent events is provided in Water Brief 3 in this volume. As noted in volume 7 of The World’s Water, a detailed, interactive online database now provides inte- grated Google Maps and filters to permit readers and researchers to view entries filtered by time period, location, and subject. It also includes a separate searchable bibliography. The Water Conflict Chronology has appeared in every volume of The World’s Water since 1998. It continues to be one of the most popular features of this report, and we continue to seek out and include additions sent by readers and researchers around the world. The chronology is increasingly being used by media and academics, and in 2013 it was cited by Fareed Zakaria (2013) of CNN. The current categories or types of conflicts include the following: Military tool (state actors): water resources, or water systems themselves, are used by a nation or state as a weapon during a military action. Military target (state actors): water resources or water systems are targets of military actions by nations or states. Terrorism or domestic violence, including cyberterrorism (nonstate actors): water resources or water systems are the targets or tools of violence or coercion by nonstate actors. A distinction is drawn between environmen- tal terrorism and ecoterrorism (see Gleick 2006). Development disputes (state and nonstate actors): water resources or wa- ter systems are a major source of contention and dispute in the context of economic and social development. Please email any contributions with full citations and supporting information to [email protected]. W A T E R B R I E F 4 Water Conflict Chronology Peter H. Gleick and Matthew Heberger

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173

The full Pacific Institute Water Conflict Chronology, updated for 2010–2012, appears be-low. A summary of recent events is provided in Water Brief 3 in this volume. As noted in volume 7 of The World’s Water, a detailed, interactive online database now provides inte-grated Google Maps and filters to permit readers and researchers to view entries filtered by time period, location, and subject. It also includes a separate searchable bibliography.

The Water Conflict Chronology has appeared in every volume of The World’s Water since 1998. It continues to be one of the most popular features of this report, and we continue to seek out and include additions sent by readers and researchers around the world. The chronology is increasingly being used by media and academics, and in 2013 it was cited by Fareed Zakaria (2013) of CNN.

The current categories or types of conflicts include the following:

Military tool (state actors): water resources, or water systems themselves, are used by a nation or state as a weapon during a military action.

Military target (state actors): water resources or water systems are targets of military actions by nations or states.

Terrorism or domestic violence, including cyberterrorism (nonstate actors): water resources or water systems are the targets or tools of violence or coercion by nonstate actors. A distinction is drawn between environmen-tal terrorism and ecoterrorism (see Gleick 2006).

Development disputes (state and nonstate actors): water resources or wa-ter systems are a major source of contention and dispute in the context of economic and social development.

Please email any contributions with full citations and supporting information to [email protected].

W A T E R B R i E f 4

Water Conflict ChronologyPeter H. Gleick and Matthew Heberger

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d t

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uge

, alt

ho

ugh

so

me

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ails

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fer.

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ami a

nd

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leic

k (1

994)

2500

BC

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ash

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mm

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ary

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dis

pu

te o

ver

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ion

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g o

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rom

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iver

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ater

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ion

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nal

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p b

ou

nd

ary

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ches

to

dep

rive

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ma

of

wat

er. H

is s

on

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uts

off

th

e w

ater

su

pp

ly t

o

Gir

su, a

cit

y in

Um

ma.

Hat

ami a

nd

G

leic

k (1

994)

1790

BC

Ham

mu

rab

iD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

No

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e C

od

e o

f H

amm

ura

bi f

or

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Stat

e o

f Su

mer

list

s se

vera

l law

s p

erta

inin

g to

ir

riga

tio

n t

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ad

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ss n

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gen

ce o

f ir

riga

tio

n s

yste

ms

and

wat

er t

hef

t.H

atam

i an

d

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ick

(199

4)

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4 B

CA

bi-

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uh

, Il

um

a-Il

um

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itar

y to

ol

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ran

dso

n o

f H

amm

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bi,

Ab

ish

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h, d

ams

the

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to p

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nt

the

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eat

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els

led

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Ilu

ma-

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m, w

ho

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lare

d t

he

ind

epen

den

ce o

f B

abyl

on

. Th

is f

aile

d

atte

mp

t m

arks

th

e d

ecli

ne

of

the

Sum

eria

ns,

wh

o h

ad r

each

ed t

hei

r ap

ex u

nd

er

Ham

mu

rab

i.

Hat

ami a

nd

G

leic

k (1

994)

circ

a 13

00

BC

Sise

ra, B

arak

, G

od

Rel

igio

us

acco

un

t;

Mil

itar

y to

ol

Yes

Th

e O

ld T

esta

men

t gi

ves

an a

cco

un

t o

f th

e d

efea

t o

f Si

sera

an

d h

is “

nin

e h

un

dre

d

char

iots

of

iro

n” b

y th

e u

nm

ou

nte

d a

rmy

of

Bar

ak o

n t

he

fab

led

Pla

ins

of

Esd

rael

on

. G

od

sen

ds

hea

vy r

ain

fall

in t

he

mo

un

tain

s, a

nd

th

e K

ish

on

Riv

er o

verfl

ows

the

pla

in

and

imm

ob

iliz

es o

r d

estr

oys

Sise

ra’s

tec

hn

olo

gica

lly s

up

erio

r fo

rces

(“.

. . t

he

eart

h

trem

ble

d, a

nd

th

e h

eave

ns

dro

pp

ed, a

nd

th

e cl

ou

ds

also

dro

pp

ed w

ater

,” J

ud

ges

5:4;

“.

. . T

he

rive

r o

f K

ish

on

sw

ept

them

aw

ay, t

hat

an

cien

t ri

ver,

th

e ri

ver

Kis

ho

n,”

Ju

dge

s 5:

21).

Sco

fiel

d (

1967

)

1200

BC

Mo

ses,

Egy

pt

Mil

itar

y to

ol;

Rel

igio

us

acco

un

t

Yes

Wh

en M

ose

s an

d t

he

retr

eati

ng

Jew

s fi

nd

th

emse

lves

tra

pp

ed b

etw

een

th

e P

har

aoh’

s ar

my

and

th

e R

ed S

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ose

s m

irac

ulo

usl

y p

arts

th

e w

ater

s o

f th

e R

ed S

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llow

ing

his

fo

llow

ers

to e

scap

e. T

he

wat

ers

clo

se b

ehin

d t

hem

an

d c

ut

off

th

e E

gyp

tian

s.

Hat

ami a

nd

G

leic

k (1

994)

720–

705

BC

Ass

yria

, A

rmen

iaM

ilit

ary

too

lYe

sA

fter

a s

ucc

essf

ul c

amp

aign

aga

inst

th

e H

alid

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f A

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argo

n I

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f A

ssyr

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icat

e ir

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d fl

oo

ds

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r la

nd

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atam

i an

d

Gle

ick

(199

4)

174

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con

tin

ues

175

705–

682

BC

Sen

nac

her

ib,

Bab

ylo

nM

ilit

ary

too

l; M

ilit

ary

targ

etYe

sIn

qu

elli

ng

reb

elli

ou

s A

ssyr

ian

s in

695

BC

, Sen

nac

her

ib r

azes

Bab

ylo

n a

nd

div

erts

on

e o

f th

e p

rin

cip

al ir

riga

tio

n c

anal

s so

th

at it

s w

ater

s w

ash

ove

r th

e ru

ins.

Hat

ami a

nd

G

leic

k (1

994)

701

BC

Isra

el (

Jud

ah),

A

ssyr

iaM

ilit

ary

too

l; M

ilit

ary

man

euve

rs

Yes

Wh

en K

ing

Hez

ekia

h o

f Ju

dah

see

s th

at S

enn

ach

erib

of

Ass

yria

is c

om

ing

in w

ar, h

e h

as

spri

ngs

an

d a

bro

ok

ou

tsid

e Je

rusa

lem

sto

pp

ed t

o k

eep

wat

er f

rom

th

e A

ssyr

ian

s. (

“So

th

ere

was

gat

her

ed m

uch

peo

ple

to

geth

er, w

ho

sto

pp

ed a

ll th

e fo

un

tain

s, a

nd

th

e b

roo

k th

at r

an t

hro

ugh

th

e m

idst

of

the

lan

d, s

ayin

g, W

hy

sho

uld

th

e ki

ngs

of

Ass

yria

co

me,

an

d fi

nd

mu

ch w

ater

?,”

2 C

hro

nic

les

32:1

–4).

Sco

fiel

d (

1967

)

681–

699

BC

Ass

yria

, Tyr

eM

ilit

ary

too

l; R

elig

iou

s ac

cou

nt

Yes

Esa

rhad

do

n, a

n A

ssyr

ian

, ref

ers

to a

n e

arli

er p

erio

d w

hen

go

ds,

an

gere

d b

y in

sole

nt

mo

rtal

s, c

reat

ed d

estr

uct

ive

flo

od

s. A

cco

rdin

g to

insc

rip

tio

ns

reco

rded

du

rin

g h

is

reig

n, E

sarh

add

on

bes

iege

s Ty

re, c

utt

ing

off

fo

od

an

d w

ater

.

Hat

ami a

nd

G

leic

k (1

994)

669–

626

BC

Ass

yria

, A

rab

ia, E

lam

Mil

itar

y to

ol;

Mil

itar

y ta

rget

Yes

Ass

urb

anip

al’s

insc

rip

tio

ns

also

ref

er t

o a

sie

ge a

gain

st T

yre,

alt

ho

ugh

sch

ola

rs

attr

ibu

te it

to

Esa

rhad

do

n. I

n c

amp

aign

s ag

ain

st b

oth

Ara

bia

an

d E

lam

in 6

45 B

C,

Ass

urb

anip

al, s

on

of

Esa

rhad

do

n, d

ries

up

wel

ls t

o d

epri

ve E

lam

ite

tro

op

s. H

e al

so

guar

ds

wel

ls f

rom

Ara

bia

n f

ugi

tive

s in

an

ear

lier

Ara

bia

n w

ar. O

n h

is r

etu

rn f

rom

vi

cto

rio

us

bat

tle

agai

nst

Ela

m, A

ssu

rban

ipal

flo

od

s th

e ci

ty o

f Sa

pib

el, a

n a

lly o

f E

lam

. A

cco

rdin

g to

insc

rip

tio

ns,

he

dam

s th

e U

lai R

iver

wit

h t

he

bo

die

s o

f d

ead

Ela

mit

e so

ldie

rs a

nd

dep

rive

s d

ead

Ela

mit

e ki

ngs

of

thei

r fo

od

an

d w

ater

off

erin

gs.

Hat

ami a

nd

G

leic

k (1

994)

612

BC

Egy

pt,

Per

sia,

B

abyl

on

, A

ssyr

ia

Mil

itar

y to

ol

Yes

A c

oal

itio

n o

f E

gyp

tian

, Med

ian

(P

ersi

an),

an

d B

abyl

on

ian

fo

rces

att

acks

an

d d

estr

oys

Nin

eveh

, th

e ca

pit

al o

f A

ssyr

ia. N

ebu

chad

nez

zar’s

fat

her

, Neb

op

ola

ssar

, lea

ds

the

Bab

ylo

nia

ns.

Th

e co

nve

rgin

g ar

mie

s d

iver

t th

e K

ho

sr R

iver

to

cre

ate

a fl

oo

d, w

hic

h

allo

ws

them

to

ele

vate

th

eir

sieg

e en

gin

es o

n r

afts

.

Hat

ami a

nd

G

leic

k (1

994)

605–

562

BC

Bab

ylo

nM

ilit

ary

too

lN

oN

ebu

chad

nez

zar

bu

ild

s im

men

se w

alls

aro

un

d B

abyl

on

, usi

ng

the

Eu

ph

rate

s an

d

can

als

as d

efen

sive

mo

ats

surr

ou

nd

ing

the

inn

er c

astl

e.H

atam

i an

d

Gle

ick

(199

4);

Dro

wer

(19

54)

6th

cen

tury

B

CA

ssyr

iaM

ilit

ary

targ

et;

Mil

itar

y to

ol

Yes

Ass

yria

ns

po

iso

n t

he

wel

ls o

f th

eir

enem

ies

wit

h r

ye e

rgo

t.E

itze

n a

nd

Ta

kafu

ji (

1997

)

590–

600

BC

Cir

rha,

Del

ph

iM

ilit

ary

too

lYe

sA

then

ian

legi

slat

or

Solo

n r

epo

rted

ly h

as r

oo

ts o

f H

elle

boru

s th

row

n in

to a

sm

all r

iver

o

r aq

ued

uct

lead

ing

fro

m t

he

Ple

istr

us

Riv

er t

o C

irrh

a d

uri

ng

a si

ege

of

this

cit

y. T

he

enem

y fo

rces

bec

om

e vi

ole

ntl

y il

l an

d a

re d

efea

ted

as

a re

sult

. So

me

acco

un

ts h

ave

Solo

n b

uil

din

g a

dam

acr

oss

th

e P

lesi

tus

Riv

er, c

utt

ing

off

th

e ci

ty’s

wat

er s

up

ply

. Su

ch

pra

ctic

es w

ere

wid

esp

read

.

Ab

solu

te

Ast

ron

om

y (2

006)

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176

Wat

er C

on

flic

t C

hro

no

logy

co

nti

nu

ed

Dat

e

Par

ties

Invo

lved

Bas

is

of

Co

nfl

ict

Vio

len

t C

on

flic

t

or

in t

he

Co

nte

xt o

f

Vio

len

ce?

Des

crip

tio

nSo

urc

es

558–

528

BC

Bab

ylo

nM

ilit

ary

too

lYe

sO

n h

is w

ay f

rom

Sar

dis

to

def

eat

Nab

on

idu

s at

Bab

ylo

n, C

yru

s fa

ces

a p

ower

ful

trib

uta

ry o

f th

e T

igri

s, p

rob

ably

th

e D

iyal

ah. A

cco

rdin

g to

Her

od

otu

s’s

acco

un

t, t

he

rive

r d

row

ns

his

roy

al w

hit

e h

ors

e an

d p

rese

nts

a f

orm

idab

le o

bst

acle

to

his

mar

ch.

Cyr

us,

an

gere

d b

y th

e “i

nso

len

ce”

of

the

rive

r, h

alts

his

arm

y an

d o

rder

s th

em t

o c

ut

360

can

als

to d

iver

t th

e ri

ver’s

flow

. Oth

er h

isto

rian

s ar

gue

that

Cyr

us

nee

ded

th

e w

ater

to

mai

nta

in h

is t

roo

ps

on

th

eir

sou

thw

ard

jou

rney

, wh

ile

ano

ther

ass

erts

th

at t

he

con

stru

ctio

n w

as a

n a

ttem

pt

to w

in t

he

con

fid

ence

of

the

loca

ls.

Hat

ami a

nd

G

leic

k (1

994)

539

BC

Bab

ylo

nM

ilit

ary

too

lYe

sA

cco

rdin

g to

Her

od

otu

s, C

yru

s in

vad

es B

abyl

on

by

div

erti

ng

the

Eu

ph

rate

s ab

ove

the

city

an

d m

arch

ing

tro

op

s al

on

g th

e d

ry r

iver

bed

. Th

is p

op

ula

r ac

cou

nt

des

crib

es a

m

idn

igh

t at

tack

th

at c

oin

cid

ed w

ith

a B

abyl

on

ian

fea

st.

Hat

ami a

nd

G

leic

k (1

994)

430

BC

Ath

ens

Mil

itar

y to

ol

Yes

Du

rin

g th

e se

con

d y

ear

of

the

Pel

op

on

nes

ian

War

, a p

lagu

e b

reak

s o

ut

in A

then

s. T

he

Spar

tan

s ar

e ac

cuse

d o

f p

ois

on

ing

the

cist

ern

s o

f th

e P

irae

us,

th

e so

urc

e o

f m

ost

of

Ath

ens’

s w

ater

.

Stra

tegy

Pag

e (2

006)

355–

323

BC

Bab

ylo

nM

ilit

ary

too

lYe

sR

etu

rnin

g fr

om

th

e ra

zin

g o

f P

erse

po

lis,

Ale

xan

der

pro

ceed

s to

In

dia

. Aft

er t

he

Ind

ian

ca

mp

aign

s, h

e h

ead

s b

ack

to B

abyl

on

via

th

e P

ersi

an G

ulf

an

d t

he

Tig

ris,

wh

ere

he

tear

s d

own

def

ensi

ve w

eirs

th

at t

he

Per

sian

s h

ad c

on

stru

cted

alo

ng

the

rive

r. A

rria

n

des

crib

es A

lexa

nd

er’s

dis

dai

n f

or

the

Per

sian

s’ a

ttem

pt

to b

lock

nav

igat

ion

, wh

ich

he

saw

as

“un

bec

om

ing

to m

en w

ho

are

vic

tori

ou

s in

bat

tle.

Hat

ami a

nd

G

leic

k (1

994)

210–

209

BC

Ro

me

and

C

arth

age

Mil

itar

y to

ol

Yes

In 2

10 B

C, S

cip

io c

ross

es t

he

Eb

ro t

o a

ttac

k N

ew C

arth

age.

Du

rin

g a

sho

rt s

iege

, Sci

pio

le

ads

a b

reac

hin

g co

lum

n t

hro

ugh

a s

up

po

sed

ly im

pre

gnab

le la

goo

n lo

cate

d o

n t

he

lan

dw

ard

sid

e o

f th

e ci

ty; a

str

on

g n

ort

her

ly w

ind

co

mb

ined

wit

h t

he

nat

ura

l eb

b o

f th

e ti

de

leav

es t

he

lago

on

sh

allo

w e

no

ugh

fo

r th

e R

om

an in

fan

try

to w

ade

thro

ugh

. New

C

arth

age

is q

uic

kly

take

n.

Fon

ner

(19

96);

G

owan

(20

04)

52 B

CR

om

e, G

aul

Mil

itar

y to

ol

Yes

Cae

sar

con

stru

cts

wat

er-fi

lled

dit

ches

as

a b

lock

ade

du

rin

g th

e Si

ege

of

Ale

sia

in G

aul,

site

of

mo

der

n-d

ay A

lise

-Sai

nte

-Rei

ne

in C

ôte

d’O

r, n

ear

Dij

on

, Fra

nce

.W

ikip

edia

(2

011a

)

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con

tin

ues

177

51 B

CR

om

e, G

aul

Mil

itar

y ta

rget

Yes

Cae

sar

atta

cks

wat

er s

up

pli

es d

uri

ng

the

sieg

e o

f U

xello

du

nu

m b

y u

nd

erm

inin

g o

ne

of

the

loca

l sp

rin

gs a

nd

pla

cin

g at

tack

ers

nea

r th

e o

ther

. Sh

ort

age

of

wat

er le

ads

to t

he

surr

end

er o

f th

e G

auls

.

His

tory

of W

ar

On

lin

e (2

011)

49 B

CFr

ance

, Ro

me

Mil

itar

y to

ol

Yes

Du

rin

g th

e fi

rst

year

of

the

Gre

at R

om

an C

ivil

War

, Ju

liu

s C

aesa

r’s t

roo

ps

lay

sieg

e to

th

e w

alle

d c

ity

of

Mas

sili

a (m

od

ern

-day

Mar

seil

le)

usi

ng

sieg

e to

wer

s an

d b

atte

rin

g ra

ms

and

by

dig

gin

g “m

ines

” o

r tu

nn

els

to u

nd

erm

ine

the

city

wal

ls. M

assi

lian

s d

efen

d

thei

r ci

ty w

ith

“d

ogg

ed d

eter

min

atio

n”; t

acti

cs in

clu

de

dir

ecti

ng

wat

er t

hro

ugh

pip

es t

o

was

h d

own

on

att

acke

rs, w

hic

h t

he

Ro

man

s co

un

ter

by

cove

rin

g si

ege

bu

ild

ings

wit

h

bri

cks

and

“se

vera

l co

atin

gs o

f st

ucc

o.”

Def

end

ers

also

exc

avat

e a

larg

e b

asin

insi

de

the

wal

ls, fi

llin

g it

wit

h w

ater

. As

the

Ro

man

min

ers

reac

h t

he

wal

ls, t

he

tun

nel

s ar

e fl

oo

ded

wit

h w

ater

an

d c

olla

pse

. Mas

sili

a u

ltim

atel

y su

rren

der

s af

ter

a fi

ve-m

on

th

sieg

e.

Illu

stra

ted

H

isto

ry o

f th

e R

om

an E

mp

ire

(201

1); C

aesa

r (1

906)

; W

ikip

edia

(2

013a

)

AD

30

Ro

man

E

mp

ire

(Po

nti

us

Pil

ate)

, Jew

s

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sR

om

an P

rocu

rato

r P

on

tiu

s P

ilat

e u

ses

sacr

ed m

on

ey t

o d

iver

t a

stre

am t

o J

eru

sale

m.

Th

e Je

ws

are

ange

red

by

the

div

ersi

on

, an

d t

ens

of

tho

usa

nd

s ga

ther

to

pro

test

. Pil

ate’

s so

ldie

rs m

ingl

e am

on

g th

e cr

owd

an

d, w

ith

dag

gers

hid

den

in t

hei

r ga

rmen

ts, a

ttac

k th

e p

rote

ster

s. “A

gre

at n

um

ber

” ar

e sl

ain

an

d w

ou

nd

ed a

nd

th

e “s

edit

ion”

is e

nd

ed.

Jose

ph

us

(AD

90)

537

Go

ths

and

R

om

eM

ilit

ary

too

l; M

ilit

ary

targ

etYe

sIn

th

e si

xth

cen

tury

AD

, as

the

Ro

man

Em

pir

e b

egin

s to

dec

lin

e, t

he

Go

ths

bes

iege

R

om

e an

d c

ut

alm

ost

all

of

the

aqu

edu

cts

lead

ing

into

th

e ci

ty. I

n A

D 5

37, t

his

sie

ge

succ

eed

s. T

he

on

ly a

qu

edu

ct t

hat

co

nti

nu

es t

o f

un

ctio

n is

th

e A

qu

a V

irgo

, wh

ich

ru

ns

alm

ost

en

tire

ly u

nd

ergr

ou

nd

.

Ro

me

Gu

ide

(200

4); I

nfo

Ro

ma

(200

4)

1187

Sala

din

an

d

the

Cru

sad

ers

Mil

itar

y to

ol

Yes

Sala

din

is a

ble

to

def

eat

the

Cru

sad

ers

at t

he

Ho

rns

of

Hat

tin

in 1

187

by

den

yin

g th

em

acce

ss t

o w

ater

. In

so

me

rep

ort

s, S

alad

in fi

lls a

ll th

e w

ells

alo

ng

the

way

wit

h s

and

an

d

des

troy

s th

e vi

llage

s o

f th

e M

aro

nit

e C

hri

stia

ns,

wh

o w

ou

ld s

up

ply

th

e C

hri

stia

n a

rmy

wit

h w

ater

.

Lo

ckw

oo

d

(200

6); P

risc

oli

(1

998)

1503

Flo

ren

ce a

nd

P

isa

Mil

itar

y to

ol

No

: Pla

n o

nly

Leo

nar

do

da

Vin

ci a

nd

Mac

hia

velli

pla

n t

o d

iver

t th

e A

rno

Riv

er a

way

fro

m P

isa

du

rin

g a

con

flic

t b

etw

een

Pis

a an

d F

lore

nce

.H

on

an (

1996

)

1573

–157

4H

olla

nd

an

d

Spai

nM

ilit

ary

too

lYe

sIn

157

3, a

t th

e b

egin

nin

g o

f th

e E

igh

ty Y

ears

’ War

aga

inst

Sp

ain

, th

e D

utc

h fl

oo

d t

he

lan

d t

o b

reak

th

e si

ege

of

Span

ish

tro

op

s o

n t

he

tow

n A

lkm

aar.

Th

e sa

me

def

ense

is

use

d t

o p

rote

ct L

eid

en in

157

4. T

his

str

ateg

y b

eco

mes

kn

own

as

the

Du

tch

Wat

er L

ine

and

is u

sed

fre

qu

entl

y fo

r d

efen

se in

late

r ye

ars.

Du

tch

Wat

er

Lin

e (2

002)

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Wat

er C

on

flic

t C

hro

no

logy

co

nti

nu

ed

Dat

e

Par

ties

Invo

lved

Bas

is

of

Co

nfl

ict

Vio

len

t C

on

flic

t

or

in t

he

Co

nte

xt o

f

Vio

len

ce?

Des

crip

tio

nSo

urc

es

178

1626

–162

9Sp

ain

, Du

tch

R

epu

bli

cD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

; Mil

itar

y to

ol

No

Th

e Sp

anis

h H

absb

urg

s at

tem

pt

to p

reve

nt

ship

tra

ffic

on

th

e R

iver

Rh

ine

fro

m

reac

hin

g th

e D

utc

h R

epu

bli

c in

ord

er t

o d

amag

e th

e D

utc

h e

con

om

y. P

lan

s ar

e al

so

mad

e to

div

ert

wat

er f

rom

th

e R

hin

e to

lan

ds

un

der

Sp

anis

h c

on

tro

l, to

dry

up

d

own

stre

am c

itie

s in

Ho

llan

d. T

he

firs

t st

age

is a

can

al b

etw

een

th

e R

hin

e an

d M

euse

R

iver

s, b

etw

een

th

e ci

ties

of

Rh

ein

ber

g an

d V

enlo

. Pla

ns

for

a la

ter

stag

e ca

ll fo

r a

con

nec

tio

n b

etw

een

th

e M

euse

an

d t

he

Sch

eld

t to

cir

cum

ven

t th

e Sc

hel

dt

Est

uar

y,

con

tro

lled

by

the

Du

tch

. Alt

ho

ugh

so

me

60 k

ilo

met

ers

of

can

al a

re c

on

stru

cted

, th

e p

lan

fai

ls b

ecau

se o

f ch

ange

d m

ilit

ary

con

dit

ion

s an

d la

ck o

f fu

nd

ing.

Par

ts o

f th

e ca

nal

are

sti

ll vi

sib

le in

pre

sen

t-d

ay G

erm

any.

Isra

el (

1997

);

Bac

hie

ne

(179

1)

1642

Ch

ina;

Min

g D

ynas

tyM

ilit

ary

too

lYe

sT

he

Hu

ang

He’

s d

ikes

are

bre

ach

ed f

or

mil

itar

y p

urp

ose

s. I

n 1

642,

“to

war

d t

he

end

of

the

Min

g d

ynas

ty (

1368

–164

4), G

ener

al G

ao M

ingh

eng

use

d t

he

tact

ic n

ear

Kai

fen

g in

an

att

emp

t to

su

pp

ress

a p

easa

nt

up

risi

ng.

Hil

lel (

1991

)

1672

Fren

ch, D

utc

hM

ilit

ary

too

lYe

sL

ou

is X

IV s

tart

s th

e th

ird

of

the

Du

tch

War

s in

167

2, in

wh

ich

th

e Fr

ench

ove

rru

n t

he

Net

her

lan

ds.

In

def

ense

, th

e D

utc

h o

pen

th

eir

dik

es a

nd

flo

od

th

e co

un

try,

cre

atin

g a

wat

ery

bar

rier

th

at is

vir

tual

ly im

pen

etra

ble

.

Col

um

bia

En

cycl

oped

ia

(200

0a)

1748

Un

ited

Sta

tes

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

te;

Terr

ori

sm

Yes

Ferr

y h

ou

se o

n B

roo

klyn

sh

ore

of

Eas

t R

iver

bu

rns

dow

n. N

ew Y

ork

ers

accu

se

Bro

okl

ynit

es o

f h

avin

g se

t th

e fi

re a

s re

ven

ge f

or

un

fair

Eas

t R

iver

wat

er r

igh

ts.

MC

NY

(n

.d.)

1777

Un

ited

Sta

tes

Mil

itar

y to

ol

Yes

Bri

tish

an

d H

essi

ans

atta

ck t

he

wat

er s

yste

m o

f N

ew Y

ork

. “T

he

enem

y w

anto

nly

d

estr

oyed

th

e N

ew Y

ork

wat

er w

ork

s” d

uri

ng

the

War

fo

r In

dep

end

ence

.T

hat

cher

(18

27)

1804

Fran

ce,

Ho

llan

dD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

; Mil

itar

y to

ol

No

Nap

ole

on

ord

ers

the

con

stru

ctio

n o

f a

can

al b

etw

een

Neu

ss a

nd

Ven

lo t

o c

on

nec

t th

e R

hin

e an

d M

euse

Riv

ers,

in o

rder

to

div

ert

trad

e fr

om

th

e B

atav

ia R

epu

bli

c to

th

e So

uth

ern

Net

her

lan

ds,

th

en u

nd

er F

ren

ch c

on

tro

l. T

hre

e-q

uar

ters

of

the

can

al is

co

mp

lete

d, b

ut

wo

rk s

top

s b

ecau

se o

f la

ck o

f fu

nd

s.

Isra

el (

1997

)

1841

Can

ada

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

te;

Terr

ori

sm

Yes

A r

eser

voir

in O

ps

Tow

nsh

ip, U

pp

er C

anad

a (n

ow O

nta

rio

), is

des

troy

ed b

y n

eigh

bo

rs

wh

o c

on

sid

er it

a h

azar

d t

o h

ealt

h.

Fork

ey (

1998

)

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tin

ues

179

1844

Un

ited

Sta

tes

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

te;

Terr

ori

sm

Yes

A r

eser

voir

in M

erce

r C

ou

nty

, Oh

io, i

s d

estr

oyed

by

a m

ob

th

at c

on

sid

ers

it a

hea

lth

h

azar

d.

Sch

eib

er (

1969

)

1850

sU

nit

ed S

tate

sD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

; Te

rro

rism

Yes

A N

ew H

amp

shir

e d

am t

hat

had

imp

ou

nd

ed w

ater

fo

r fa

cto

ries

dow

nst

ream

is

atta

cked

by

loca

l res

iden

ts u

nh

app

y ab

ou

t it

s ef

fect

on

wat

er le

vels

.St

ein

ber

g (1

990)

1853

–186

1U

nit

ed S

tate

sD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

; Te

rro

rism

Yes

Th

e b

anks

an

d r

eser

voir

s o

f th

e W

abas

h a

nd

Eri

e C

anal

in s

ou

ther

n I

nd

ian

a ar

e re

pea

ted

ly d

estr

oyed

by

mo

bs

rega

rdin

g it

as

a h

ealt

h h

azar

d.

Fato

ut

(197

2);

Fic

kle

(198

3)

1860

–186

5U

nit

ed S

tate

sM

ilit

ary

too

l; M

ilit

ary

targ

etYe

sG

ener

al W

illi

am T

. Sh

erm

an’s

mem

oir

s co

nta

in a

n a

cco

un

t o

f C

on

fed

erat

e so

ldie

rs

po

iso

nin

g p

on

ds

by

du

mp

ing

the

carc

asse

s o

f d

ead

an

imal

s in

to t

hem

. Oth

er a

cco

un

ts

sugg

est

this

tac

tic

was

use

d b

y b

oth

sid

es.

Eit

zen

an

d

Taka

fuji

(19

97)

1862

Un

ited

Sta

tes

Un

ion

an

d

Co

nfe

der

ate

arm

ies

Mil

itar

y to

ol

Yes

Du

rin

g th

e U

S C

ivil

War

, Co

nfe

der

ate

forc

es n

ear

York

tow

n u

se d

ams

to fl

oo

d t

he

War

wic

k R

iver

an

d c

ut

off

Un

ion

tro

op

s. “

Th

e en

emy

is p

ush

ed b

ehin

d a

. . .

bra

nch

of

the

War

wic

k ri

ver

in w

hic

h t

hey

co

ntr

ol t

he

dep

ths

of

wat

er b

y d

ams.

McC

lella

n d

id n

ot

inte

nd

to

pas

s th

at s

trea

m a

t th

at t

ime,

or

at t

hat

po

int

wh

ere

the

skir

mis

h t

oo

k p

lace

. B

ut

the

tro

op

s, fi

nd

ing

the

stre

am f

ord

able

wen

t ov

er (

un

der

wh

ose

imm

edia

te o

rder

s d

oes

no

t ap

pea

r) a

nd

th

e w

ater

was

th

en d

eep

ened

so

th

at t

hey

wer

e m

easu

rab

ly c

ut

off

.”

Hit

chco

ck (

1862

)

1863

Un

ited

Sta

tes

Mil

itar

y to

ol

Yes

Gen

eral

Uly

sses

S. G

ran

t, d

uri

ng

the

Civ

il W

ar c

amp

aign

aga

inst

Vic

ksb

urg

, cu

ts le

vees

in

th

e b

attl

e ag

ain

st t

he

Co

nfe

der

ates

.G

ran

t (1

885)

; B

arry

(19

97)

1870

sC

hin

aD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

No

An

un

auth

ori

zed

dam

in H

ub

ei, C

hin

a, is

co

nst

ruct

ed b

y lo

cals

an

d r

emov

ed b

y go

vern

men

t (t

wic

e).

Row

e (1

988)

1870

s–18

81U

nit

ed S

tate

sD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Yes

Rec

urr

ent

fric

tio

n a

nd

eve

ntu

al v

iole

nt

con

flic

t ov

er w

ater

rig

hts

in t

he

vici

nit

y o

f Tu

laro

sa, N

ew M

exic

o, in

volv

es v

illa

gers

, ran

cher

s, a

nd

far

mer

s.R

asch

(19

68)

1887

Un

ited

Sta

tes

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

te;

Terr

ori

sm

Yes

A c

anal

res

ervo

ir in

Pau

ldin

g C

ou

nty

, Oh

io, i

s d

ynam

ited

by

a m

ob

reg

ard

ing

it a

s a

hea

lth

haz

ard

. Sta

te m

ilit

ia a

re c

alle

d o

ut

to r

esto

re o

rder

.W

alte

rs (

1948

)

1890

Can

ada

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

te;

Terr

ori

sm

Yes

A p

artl

y su

cces

sfu

l att

emp

t is

mad

e to

des

troy

a lo

ck o

n t

he

Wel

lan

d C

anal

in O

nta

rio,

C

anad

a, e

ith

er b

y Fe

nia

ns

pro

test

ing

En

glis

h p

oli

cy in

Ire

lan

d o

r b

y ag

ents

of

Bu

ffal

o,

New

Yo

rk, g

rain

han

dle

rs u

nh

app

y ab

ou

t th

e d

iver

sio

n o

f tr

ade

thro

ugh

th

e ca

nal

.

Styr

an a

nd

Ta

ylo

r (2

001)

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Wat

er C

on

flic

t C

hro

no

logy

co

nti

nu

ed

Dat

e

Par

ties

Invo

lved

Bas

is

of

Co

nfl

ict

Vio

len

t C

on

flic

t

or

in t

he

Co

nte

xt o

f

Vio

len

ce?

Des

crip

tio

nSo

urc

es

180

1898

Egy

pt,

Fra

nce

, B

rita

inM

ilit

ary

too

l; P

oli

tica

l to

ol

Mil

itar

y m

aneu

vers

Mil

itar

y co

nfl

ict

nea

rly

ensu

es b

etw

een

Bri

tain

an

d F

ran

ce w

hen

a F

ren

ch e

xped

itio

n

atte

mp

ts t

o g

ain

co

ntr

ol o

f th

e h

ead

wat

ers

of

the

Wh

ite

Nil

e. W

hil

e th

e p

arti

es

ult

imat

ely

neg

oti

ate

a se

ttle

men

t o

f th

e d

isp

ute

, th

e in

cid

ent

has

bee

n c

har

acte

rize

d a

s h

avin

g “d

ram

atiz

ed E

gyp

t’s v

uln

erab

le d

epen

den

ce o

n t

he

Nil

e, a

nd

fixe

d t

he

atti

tud

e o

f E

gyp

tian

po

licy

-mak

ers

ever

sin

ce.”

Mo

ore

hea

d

(196

0)

1907

–191

3O

wen

s V

alle

y,

Lo

s A

nge

les,

C

alif

orn

ia

Terr

ori

sm;

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

te

Yes

Th

e L

os

An

gele

s V

alle

y aq

ued

uct

/pip

elin

e su

ffer

s re

pea

ted

bo

mb

ings

in a

n e

ffo

rt t

o

pre

ven

t d

iver

sio

ns

of

wat

er f

rom

th

e O

wen

s V

alle

y to

Lo

s A

nge

les.

Rei

sner

199

3

1908

–190

9U

nit

ed S

tate

sD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Yes

Vio

len

ce, i

ncl

ud

ing

a m

urd

er, i

s d

irec

ted

aga

inst

age

nts

of

a la

nd

co

mp

any

that

had

cl

aim

ed t

itle

to

Ree

lfo

ot

Lak

e in

no

rth

wes

tern

Ten

nes

see;

th

e ag

ents

had

att

emp

ted

to

le

vy c

har

ges

for

fish

tak

en a

nd

th

reat

ened

to

dra

in t

he

lake

fo

r ag

ricu

ltu

re.

Van

der

wo

od

(1

969)

1915

Ger

man

So

uth

wes

t A

fric

a

Mil

itar

y to

ol

Yes

Un

ion

of

Sou

th A

fric

an t

roo

ps

cap

ture

Win

dh

oek

, cap

ital

of

Ger

man

So

uth

wes

t A

fric

a,

in M

ay. R

etre

atin

g G

erm

an t

roo

ps

po

iso

n w

ells

—“a

vio

lati

on

of

the

Hag

ue

con

ven

tio

n.”

Dan

iel (

1995

)

1935

Cal

ifo

rnia

, A

rizo

na

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teM

ilit

ary

man

euve

rsA

rizo

na

calls

ou

t th

e N

atio

nal

Gu

ard

an

d m

ilit

ia u

nit

s to

its

bo

rder

wit

h C

alif

orn

ia t

o

pro

test

th

e co

nst

ruct

ion

of

Park

er D

am a

nd

div

ersi

on

s fr

om

th

e C

olo

rad

o R

iver

; th

e d

isp

ute

ult

imat

ely

is s

ettl

ed in

co

urt

. Th

e m

ilit

ia m

ou

nt

mac

hin

e gu

ns

on

co

mm

and

eere

d f

erri

es a

nd

pat

rol t

he

rive

r, e

arn

ing

the

nic

knam

e th

e “A

rizo

na

Nav

y.”

Rei

sner

(1

986/

1993

)

1937

Rep

ub

lica

n

gove

rnm

ent

of

Spai

n, S

pan

ish

N

atio

nal

ists

Mil

itar

y ta

rget

Yes

Du

rin

g th

e Sp

anis

h C

ivil

War

, tw

o c

on

cret

e gr

avit

y d

ams,

at

Bu

rgu

illo

an

d O

rdu

nte

, are

at

tack

ed b

y th

e N

atio

nal

ist

arm

y, w

ith

a t

wo

-an

d-o

ne-

hal

f-to

n c

har

ge p

lace

d in

an

in

spec

tio

n g

alle

ry a

t O

rdu

nte

. Th

ere

is s

om

e li

mit

ed d

amag

e, w

hic

h is

rep

aire

d in

19

38–1

939.

Paga

n (

2005

)

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con

tin

ues

181

1938

Ch

ina

and

Ja

pan

Mil

itar

y to

ol;

Mil

itar

y ta

rget

Yes

Ch

ian

g K

ai-s

hek

ord

ers

the

des

tru

ctio

n o

f fl

oo

d c

on

tro

l dik

es o

f th

e H

uay

uan

kou

se

ctio

n o

f th

e H

uan

g H

e (Y

ello

w)

Riv

er, i

n o

rder

to

flo

od

are

as t

hre

aten

ed b

y th

e Ja

pan

ese

arm

y. W

est

of

Kai

fen

g, d

ikes

are

des

troy

ed w

ith

dyn

amit

e, s

pil

lin

g w

ater

ac

ross

th

e fl

at p

lain

. Eve

n t

ho

ugh

th

e fl

oo

d d

estr

oys

par

t o

f th

e in

vad

ing

arm

y an

d

mir

es it

s eq

uip

men

t in

mu

d, W

uh

an, h

ead

qu

arte

rs o

f th

e N

atio

nal

ist

gove

rnm

ent,

is

take

n b

y th

e Ja

pan

ese

in O

cto

ber

. Flo

od

wat

ers

cove

r an

are

a va

rio

usl

y es

tim

ated

as

bet

wee

n 3

,000

an

d 5

0,00

0 sq

uar

e ki

lom

eter

s, k

illi

ng

Ch

ines

e es

tim

ated

in n

um

ber

s b

etw

een

“te

ns

of

tho

usa

nd

s” a

nd

“o

ne

mil

lio

n.”

Hil

lel (

1991

);

Yan

g L

ang

(198

9/19

94)

1939

–194

0N

eth

erla

nd

s,

Ger

man

yM

ilit

ary

too

lYe

sD

uri

ng

the

mo

bil

izat

ion

of

the

Du

tch

at

the

beg

inn

ing

of W

orl

d W

ar I

I, 1

939–

1940

, th

e D

utc

h a

ttem

pt

to fl

oo

d t

he

Gel

der

se V

alle

i wit

h t

he

New

Du

tch

Wat

er D

efen

ce L

ine,

w

hic

h h

ad b

een

co

mp

lete

d in

188

5. D

uri

ng

the

Ger

man

inva

sio

n in

May

194

0, la

rge

area

s ar

e in

un

dat

ed.

IDG

(19

96)

1939

–194

2Ja

pan

, Ch

ina

Mil

itar

y ta

rget

; M

ilit

ary

too

lYe

sJa

pan

ese

chem

ical

an

d b

iolo

gica

l wea

po

ns

acti

viti

es r

epo

rted

ly in

clu

de

test

s b

y “U

nit

73

1” a

gain

st m

ilit

ary

and

civ

ilia

n t

arge

ts in

wh

ich

wat

er w

ells

an

d r

eser

voir

s ar

e la

ced

w

ith

typ

ho

id a

nd

oth

er p

ath

oge

ns.

Har

ris

(199

4)

1940

Fin

lan

d, S

ovie

t U

nio

nM

ilit

ary

too

lYe

sPa

rtis

an F

inn

s m

anip

ula

te t

he

wat

ers

of

the

Saim

aan

Can

al (

Fin

lan

d)

in o

rder

to

flo

od

su

rro

un

din

g la

nd

an

d h

ind

er S

ovie

t tr

oo

p m

ovem

ents

du

rin

g th

e So

viet

-Fin

nis

h

con

flic

t.

Mal

ik (

2005

)

1940

–194

5M

ult

iple

p

arti

esM

ilit

ary

targ

etYe

sH

ydro

elec

tric

dam

s ar

e ro

uti

nel

y b

om

bed

as

stra

tegi

c ta

rget

s d

uri

ng

Wo

rld

War

II.

Gle

ick

(199

3)

1941

USS

R a

nd

G

erm

any

Mil

itar

y ta

rget

Yes

Th

e st

rate

gica

lly im

po

rtan

t D

nie

per

hyd

rop

ower

pla

nt

in t

he

Ukr

ain

e is

tar

gete

d b

y b

oth

Sov

iet

and

Ger

man

tro

op

s d

uri

ng

Wo

rld

War

II.

On

Au

gust

18,

194

1, t

he

dam

an

d

pow

er p

lan

t ar

e d

ynam

ited

by

Sovi

et t

roo

ps

retr

eati

ng

bef

ore

ad

van

cin

g G

erm

an

forc

es. T

he

faci

lity

is b

om

bed

aga

in in

194

3 b

y re

trea

tin

g G

erm

an t

roo

ps.

Paga

n (

2005

);

New

Yor

k T

imes

(1

941)

; Mak

arov

(2

005)

; AH

F

(200

4)

1941

Ger

man

y,

Sovi

et U

nio

nM

ilit

ary

too

lYe

sIn

Nov

emb

er, S

ovie

t tr

oo

ps

flo

od

th

e ar

ea s

ou

th o

f th

e Is

tra

Res

ervo

ir n

ear

Mo

scow

in

an e

ffo

rt t

o s

low

th

e G

erm

an a

dva

nce

. Ju

st a

few

wee

ks la

ter,

Ger

man

tro

op

s u

sed

th

e sa

me

tact

ic t

o c

reat

e a

wat

er b

arri

er t

o h

alt

adva

nce

s b

y th

e So

viet

16t

h A

rmy.

Mal

ik (

2005

)

1941

–194

3G

erm

any,

U

SSR

Mil

itar

y ta

rget

Yes

Wo

rld

War

II

infl

icts

en

orm

ou

s h

arm

to

hyd

roel

ectr

ic s

yste

ms

in t

he

Sovi

et U

nio

n. O

ver

two

-th

ird

s o

f th

e h

ydro

elec

tric

pow

er s

tati

on

s ar

e lo

st.

Mal

ik (

2005

)

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Wat

er C

on

flic

t C

hro

no

logy

co

nti

nu

ed

Dat

e

Par

ties

Invo

lved

Bas

is

of

Co

nfl

ict

Vio

len

t C

on

flic

t

or

in t

he

Co

nte

xt o

f

Vio

len

ce?

Des

crip

tio

nSo

urc

es

182

1943

Bri

tain

, G

erm

any

Mil

itar

y ta

rget

Yes

Th

e B

riti

sh R

oyal

Air

Fo

rce

bo

mb

s d

ams

on

th

e M

öh

ne,

So

rpe,

an

d E

der

Riv

ers

in

Ger

man

y (M

ay 1

6 an

d 1

7). A

hn

e D

am b

reac

h k

ills

1,2

00 a

nd

des

troy

s al

l d

own

stre

am d

ams

for

fift

y ki

lom

eter

s. T

he

flo

od

th

at o

ccu

rs a

fter

th

e b

reac

hin

g o

f th

e E

der

Dam

rea

ches

a p

eak

dis

char

ge o

f 8,

500

cub

ic m

eter

s p

er s

eco

nd

, nin

e ti

mes

h

igh

er t

han

th

e h

igh

est

flo

od

ob

serv

ed. M

any

ho

use

s an

d b

rid

ges

are

des

troy

ed, a

nd

si

xty-

eigh

t ar

e ki

lled

.

Kir

sch

ner

(19

49);

Se

man

n (

1950

)

1944

Ger

man

y,

Ital

y, B

rita

in,

Un

ited

Sta

tes

Mil

itar

y to

ol

Yes

Ger

man

fo

rces

use

wat

ers

fro

m t

he

Iso

lett

a D

am (

Lir

i Riv

er)

in J

anu

ary

and

Feb

ruar

y to

su

cces

sfu

lly d

estr

oy B

riti

sh a

ssau

lt f

orc

es c

ross

ing

the

Gar

igli

ano

Riv

er (

dow

nst

ream

of

the

Lir

i Riv

er).

Th

e G

erm

an a

rmy

then

dam

s th

e R

apid

o R

iver

, flo

od

ing

a va

lley

occ

up

ied

by

the

Am

eric

an a

rmy.

US

AC

E (

1953

)

1944

Ger

man

y,

Ital

y, B

rita

in,

Un

ited

Sta

tes

Mil

itar

y to

ol

Yes

Th

e G

erm

an a

rmy

flo

od

s th

e P

on

tin

e M

arsh

es, o

n t

he

coas

t o

f It

aly

sou

thea

st o

f R

om

e,

by

sto

pp

ing

pu

mp

s an

d o

pen

ing

dik

es, i

n o

rder

to

dis

rup

t A

llied

fo

rces

wh

o h

ad

esta

bli

shed

a b

each

hea

d a

t A

nzi

o. A

llied

fo

rces

are

su

rro

un

ded

by

Ger

man

art

ille

ry a

nd

p

inn

ed d

own

fo

r m

on

ths

by

hea

vy s

hel

lin

g. T

he

pu

rpo

se o

f th

e fl

oo

din

g is

to

bri

ng

mo

squ

ito

es a

nd

mal

aria

, “d

elib

erat

ely

intr

od

uce

d a

s an

act

of

bio

logi

cal w

arfa

re.”

Th

is

has

a li

mit

ed m

ilit

ary

imp

act

bu

t d

evas

tate

s th

e lo

cal p

op

ula

tio

n, w

hic

h t

he

Th

ird

R

eich

wis

hed

to

pu

nis

h f

or

dis

loya

lty.

US

AC

E (

1953

);

Eva

ns

(200

8)

1944

Ger

man

y,

Alli

ed f

orc

esM

ilit

ary

too

lYe

sG

erm

ans

flo

od

th

e A

y R

iver

in F

ran

ce in

Ju

ly, c

reat

ing

a la

ke t

wo

met

ers

dee

p a

nd

se

vera

l kil

om

eter

s w

ide,

slo

win

g an

ad

van

ce o

n S

ain

t L

ô, a

Ger

man

co

mm

un

icat

ion

s ce

nte

r in

No

rman

dy.

US

AC

E (

1953

)

1944

Ger

man

y,

Alli

ed f

orc

esM

ilit

ary

too

lYe

sG

erm

ans

flo

od

th

e Il

l Riv

er V

alle

y d

uri

ng

the

Bat

tle

of

the

Bu

lge

(win

ter

1944

–194

5),

crea

tin

g a

lake

six

teen

kil

om

eter

s lo

ng,

th

ree

to s

ix k

ilo

met

ers

wid

e, a

nd

on

e to

tw

o

met

ers

dee

p, g

reat

ly d

elay

ing

the

Am

eric

an a

rmy’

s ad

van

ce t

owar

d t

he

Rh

ine.

US

AC

E (

1953

)

1944

Un

ited

Sta

tes,

Ja

pan

Mil

itar

y ta

rget

Yes

Th

e U

S b

om

bar

dm

ent

of

a Ja

pan

ese-

occ

up

ied

isla

nd

in J

un

e ta

rget

s w

ater

su

pp

ly

po

ints

, res

ult

ing

in s

ever

e sh

ort

ages

.St

ewar

t (n

.d.)

1944

Fin

lan

d, U

SSR

Mil

itar

y ta

rget

Yes

In J

un

e, t

he

Sovi

et a

ir f

orc

e at

tack

s th

e Sv

ir R

iver

Dam

, nea

r L

enin

grad

, th

en u

nd

er t

he

con

tro

l of

the

Fin

nis

h m

ilit

ary.

Orl

enko

(19

81);

A

HF

(20

04)

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con

tin

ues

183

1945

Ro

man

ia,

Ger

man

yM

ilit

ary

targ

etYe

sIn

on

e o

f th

e fe

w v

erifi

ed G

erm

an t

acti

cal u

ses

of

bio

logi

cal w

arfa

re, G

erm

an f

orc

es

po

llute

a la

rge

rese

rvo

ir in

no

rth

wes

tern

Bo

hem

ia, C

zech

osl

ovak

ia, w

ith

sew

age.

See

al

so t

he

entr

y fo

r th

e P

on

tin

e M

arsh

es in

194

4.

SIP

RI

(197

1)

1947

o

nw

ard

Ban

glad

esh

, In

dia

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teN

oA

par

titi

on

div

ides

th

e G

ange

s R

iver

bet

wee

n B

angl

ades

h a

nd

In

dia

; co

nst

ruct

ion

of

the

Fara

kka

bar

rage

by

Ind

ia, b

egin

nin

g in

196

2, in

crea

ses

ten

sio

n; s

ho

rt-t

erm

ag

reem

ents

set

tle

dis

pu

tes

in 1

977–

1982

, 198

2–19

84, a

nd

198

5–19

88;a

nd

a t

hir

ty-y

ear

trea

ty is

sig

ned

in 1

996.

Bu

tts

(199

7);

Sam

son

an

d

Ch

arri

er (

1997

)

1947

–196

0sIn

dia

, Pak

ista

nD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

No

A p

arti

tio

n le

aves

th

e In

du

s R

iver

bas

in d

ivid

ed b

etw

een

In

dia

an

d P

akis

tan

; dis

pu

tes

over

irri

gati

on

wat

er e

nsu

e, d

uri

ng

wh

ich

In

dia

ste

ms

the

flow

of

wat

er in

to ir

riga

tio

n

can

als

in P

akis

tan

. Th

e In

du

s W

ater

s A

gree

men

t is

rea

ched

in 1

960,

aft

er t

wel

ve y

ears

o

f Wo

rld

Ban

k–le

d n

ego

tiat

ion

s.

Bin

gham

et

al.

(199

4)

1948

Ara

bs,

Isr

aeli

sM

ilit

ary

too

lYe

sA

rab

fo

rces

cu

t o

ff W

est

Jeru

sale

m’s

wat

er s

up

ply

in t

he

firs

t A

rab

-Isr

aeli

war

.W

olf

(19

95);

Wo

lf

(199

7)

1948

Ara

bs,

Isr

aeli

sM

ilit

ary

too

lYe

sW

ater

an

d f

oo

d s

up

pli

es a

re c

ut

off

du

rin

g an

Ara

b s

iege

of

Jeru

sale

m f

rom

Dec

emb

er

1, 1

947,

to

Ju

ly 1

0, 1

948.

Ara

b f

orc

es b

lock

th

e ro

ad t

o J

eru

sale

m in

an

att

emp

t to

def

eat

Jew

ish

Jer

usa

lem

. Sh

ort

ages

cau

se I

srae

lis

to b

egin

rat

ion

ing

wat

er o

n M

ay 1

2, li

mit

ing

each

per

son

to

tw

o g

allo

ns

(eig

ht

lite

rs)

per

day

, of

wh

ich

fo

ur

pin

ts (

two

lite

rs)

are

for

dri

nki

ng.

Co

llin

s an

d

LaP

ierr

e (1

972)

; Jo

sep

h (

1960

);

Wik

iped

ia

(201

1b)

1950

sK

ore

a, U

nit

ed

Stat

es, o

ther

sM

ilit

ary

targ

etYe

sC

entr

aliz

ed d

ams

on

th

e Ya

lu (

Am

no

k) R

iver

ser

vin

g N

ort

h K

ore

a an

d C

hin

a ar

e at

tack

ed d

uri

ng

the

Ko

rean

War

.G

leic

k (1

993)

1951

Ko

rea,

Un

ited

N

atio

ns

Mil

itar

y to

ol;

Mil

itar

y ta

rget

Yes

No

rth

Ko

rea

rele

ases

flo

od

wav

es f

rom

th

e H

wac

ho

n D

am, d

amag

ing

flo

atin

g b

rid

ges

op

erat

ed b

y U

N t

roo

ps

in t

he

Pu

khan

Val

ley.

Th

e U

S N

avy

then

sen

ds

pla

nes

to

des

troy

th

e sp

illw

ay c

rest

gat

es.

US

AC

E (

1953

)

1951

Isra

el, J

ord

an,

Syri

aM

ilit

ary

too

l; D

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Yes

Jord

an m

akes

pu

bli

c it

s p

lan

s to

irri

gate

th

e Jo

rdan

Val

ley

by

tap

pin

g th

e Ya

rmo

uk

Riv

er. I

srae

l res

po

nd

s b

y co

mm

enci

ng

dra

inag

e o

f th

e H

ule

h s

wam

ps,

loca

ted

in t

he

dem

ilit

ariz

ed z

on

e b

etw

een

Isr

ael a

nd

Syr

ia; b

ord

er s

kirm

ish

es e

nsu

e b

etw

een

Isr

ael

and

Syr

ia.

Wo

lf (

1997

);

Sam

son

an

d

Ch

arri

er (

1997

)

1951

Un

ited

Sta

tes,

K

ore

aM

ilit

ary

targ

etYe

sT

he

Hw

ach

eon

Dam

in K

ore

a, c

om

ple

ted

in 1

944,

bec

om

es b

oth

a t

arge

t an

d a

to

ol o

f o

pp

osi

ng

forc

es d

uri

ng

the

Ko

rean

War

. In

195

1, N

ort

h K

ore

a o

pen

s th

e d

am t

o fl

oo

d

dow

nst

ream

are

as a

nd

slo

w a

dva

nci

ng

UN

fo

rces

. In

res

po

nse

, th

e U

S N

avy

sen

ds

airc

raft

to

bo

mb

th

e d

am, i

n t

he

last

kn

own

Am

eric

an u

se o

f ae

rial

to

rped

oes

in w

ar.

Cal

cagn

o (

2004

)

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Wat

er C

on

flic

t C

hro

no

logy

co

nti

nu

ed

Dat

e

Par

ties

Invo

lved

Bas

is

of

Co

nfl

ict

Vio

len

t C

on

flic

t

or

in t

he

Co

nte

xt o

f

Vio

len

ce?

Des

crip

tio

nSo

urc

es

184

1953

Isra

el, J

ord

an,

Syri

aD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

; Mil

itar

y ta

rget

Yes

Isra

el b

egin

s co

nst

ruct

ion

of

its

Nat

ion

al W

ater

Car

rier

to

tra

nsf

er w

ater

fro

m t

he

no

rth

o

f th

e Se

a o

f G

alil

ee o

ut

of

the

Jord

an R

iver

bas

in t

o t

he

Neg

ev D

eser

t fo

r ir

riga

tio

n.

Syri

an m

ilit

ary

acti

on

s al

on

g th

e b

ord

er a

nd

inte

rnat

ion

al d

isap

pro

val l

ead

Isr

ael t

o

mov

e it

s in

take

to

th

e Se

a o

f G

alil

ee.

Naf

f an

d M

atso

n

(198

4); S

amso

n

and

Ch

arri

er

(199

7)

1958

Egy

pt,

Su

dan

Mil

itar

y to

ol;

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

te

Yes

Egy

pt

sen

ds

an u

nsu

cces

sfu

l mil

itar

y ex

ped

itio

n in

to d

isp

ute

d t

erri

tory

am

id p

end

ing

neg

oti

atio

ns

over

Nil

e w

ater

s, S

ud

anes

e ge

ner

al e

lect

ion

s, a

nd

an

Egy

pti

an v

ote

on

Su

dan

-Egy

pt

un

ifica

tio

n; t

he

Nil

e W

ater

Tre

aty

is s

ign

ed w

hen

a p

ro-E

gyp

tian

go

vern

men

t is

ele

cted

in S

ud

an.

Wo

lf (

1997

)

1960

sN

ort

h

Vie

tnam

, U

nit

ed S

tate

s

Mil

itar

y ta

rget

Yes

Irri

gati

on

wat

er s

up

ply

sys

tem

s in

No

rth

Vie

tnam

are

bo

mb

ed d

uri

ng

the

Vie

tnam

War

. A

n e

stim

ated

661

sec

tio

ns

of

dik

es a

re d

amag

ed o

r d

estr

oyed

.IW

CT

(19

67);

G

leic

k (1

993)

; Z

emm

ali (

1995

)

1962

Isra

el, S

yria

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

te; M

ilit

ary

targ

et

Yes

Isra

el d

estr

oys

irri

gati

on

dit

ches

in t

he

low

er T

arfi

q in

th

e d

emil

itar

ized

zo

ne.

Syr

ia

com

pla

ins.

Naf

f an

d M

atso

n

(198

4)

1962

–196

7B

razi

l, Pa

ragu

ayM

ilit

ary

too

l; D

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Mil

itar

y m

aneu

vers

Neg

oti

atio

ns

bet

wee

n B

razi

l an

d P

arag

uay

ove

r d

evel

op

men

t o

f th

e Pa

ran

á R

iver

are

in

terr

up

ted

in 1

962

by

a u

nil

ater

al s

how

of

mil

itar

y fo

rce

by

Bra

zil,

wh

ich

inva

des

th

e ar

ea a

nd

cla

ims

con

tro

l ove

r th

e G

uai

ra F

alls

sit

e. M

ilit

ary

forc

es a

re w

ith

dra

wn

in 1

967

follo

win

g an

agr

eem

ent

for

a jo

int

com

mis

sio

n t

o e

xam

ine

dev

elo

pm

ent

in t

he

regi

on

.

Mu

rph

y an

d

Sab

adel

l (19

86)

1963

–196

4E

thio

pia

, So

mal

iaD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

; Mil

itar

y to

ol

Yes

Cre

atio

n o

f b

ou

nd

arie

s in

194

8 le

aves

So

mal

i no

mad

s u

nd

er E

thio

pia

n r

ule

; bo

rder

sk

irm

ish

es o

ccu

r ov

er d

isp

ute

d t

erri

tory

in t

he

Oga

den

Des

ert,

wh

ere

crit

ical

wat

er a

nd

o

il r

eso

urc

es a

re lo

cate

d. A

cea

se-fi

re is

neg

oti

ated

on

ly a

fter

sev

eral

hu

nd

red

are

ki

lled

.

Wo

lf (

1997

)

1964

Cu

ba,

Un

ited

St

ates

Mil

itar

y to

ol

No

On

Feb

ruar

y 6,

th

e C

ub

an g

over

nm

ent

cuts

off

th

e n

orm

al w

ater

su

pp

ly t

o t

he

US

Nav

al B

ase

at G

uan

tan

amo

Bay

in r

etal

iati

on

fo

r th

e U

S se

izu

re o

f fo

ur

Cu

ban

fish

ing

bo

ats

day

s ea

rlie

r n

ear

Flo

rid

a.

Gu

anta

nam

o B

ay G

azet

te

(196

4)

1964

Isra

el, S

yria

Mil

itar

y ta

rget

Yes

Hea

dw

ater

s o

f th

e D

an R

iver

on

th

e Jo

rdan

Riv

er a

re b

om

bed

at T

ell E

l-Q

adi i

n a

d

isp

ute

ab

ou

t so

vere

ign

ty o

ver

the

sou

rce

of

the

Dan

.N

aff

and

Mat

son

(1

984)

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con

tin

ues

185

1965

Zam

bia

, R

ho

des

ia,

Gre

at B

rita

in

Mil

itar

y ta

rget

No

Pre

sid

ent

Ken

net

h K

aun

da

calls

on

th

e B

riti

sh g

over

nm

ent

to s

end

tro

op

s to

Kar

iba

Dam

to

pro

tect

it f

rom

po

ssib

le s

abo

teu

rs f

rom

th

e R

ho

des

ian

gov

ern

men

t.C

hen

je (

2001

)

1965

Isra

el,

Pale

stin

ian

sTe

rro

rism

Yes

Th

e fi

rst

atta

ck e

ver

by

the

Pale

stin

ian

Nat

ion

al L

iber

atio

n M

ovem

ent

Al-

Fata

h is

mad

e o

n t

he

div

ersi

on

pu

mp

s fo

r th

e Is

rael

i Nat

ion

al W

ater

Car

rier

. Th

e at

tack

fai

ls.

Naf

f an

d M

atso

n

(198

4); D

ola

tyar

(1

995)

1965

–196

6Is

rael

, Syr

iaM

ilit

ary

too

l; D

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Yes

Fir

e is

exc

han

ged

ove

r an

“al

l-A

rab”

pla

n t

o d

iver

t th

e Jo

rdan

Riv

er h

ead

wat

ers

(Has

ban

i an

d B

ania

s) a

nd

pre

sum

ably

pre

emp

t th

e Is

rael

i Nat

ion

al W

ater

Car

rier

; Syr

ia

hal

ts c

on

stru

ctio

n o

f it

s d

iver

sio

n in

Ju

ly 1

966.

Wo

lf (

1995

); W

olf

(1

997)

1967

Isra

el, S

yria

Mil

itar

y ta

rget

; M

ilit

ary

too

lYe

sIs

rael

des

troy

s th

e A

rab

div

ersi

on

wo

rks

on

th

e Jo

rdan

Riv

er h

ead

wat

ers.

Du

rin

g th

e A

rab

-Isr

aeli

War

, Isr

ael o

ccu

pie

s G

ola

n H

eigh

ts, w

ith

th

e B

ania

s tr

ibu

tary

to

th

e Jo

rdan

; Is

rael

occ

up

ies

the

Wes

t B

ank.

Gle

ick

(199

3);

Wo

lf (

1995

); W

olf

(1

997)

; W

alle

nst

een

an

d

Swai

n (

1997

)

1967

–197

2V

ietn

am,

Un

ited

Sta

tes

Mil

itar

y to

ol

Yes

Th

e U

S m

ilit

ary,

in “

Op

erat

ion

Po

pey

e,”

use

s si

lver

iod

ide

for

clo

ud

see

din

g ov

er

Ind

och

ina

(Vie

tnam

) in

an

att

emp

t to

ext

end

th

e m

on

soo

n s

easo

n a

nd

sto

p t

he

flow

of

mat

erie

l alo

ng

Ho

Ch

i Min

h T

rail

. “C

on

tin

uo

us

rain

fall

was

inte

nd

ed t

o s

low

dow

n t

he

tru

ck t

raffi

c an

d w

as r

elat

ivel

y su

cces

sfu

l.”

Pla

nt

(199

5);

Tro

un

g an

d

Co

op

er (

2003

)

1969

Isra

el, J

ord

anM

ilit

ary

targ

et;

Mil

itar

y to

ol

Yes

Isra

el, s

usp

icio

us

that

Jo

rdan

is o

verd

iver

tin

g th

e Ya

rmo

uk,

lead

s tw

o r

aid

s to

des

troy

th

e n

ewly

bu

ilt

Eas

t G

ho

r C

anal

. Sec

ret

neg

oti

atio

ns,

med

iate

d b

y th

e U

nit

ed S

tate

s,

lead

to

an

agr

eem

ent

in 1

970.

Sam

son

an

d

Ch

arri

er (

1997

)

1970

Un

ited

Sta

tes

Terr

ori

smN

o: T

hre

atT

he

Wea

ther

men

, a g

rou

p o

pp

ose

d t

o A

mer

ican

imp

eria

lism

an

d t

he

Vie

tnam

War

, al

lege

dly

att

emp

t to

ob

tain

bio

logi

cal a

gen

ts t

o c

on

tam

inat

e th

e w

ater

su

pp

ly s

yste

ms

of

US

urb

an c

ente

rs.

Ku

pp

erm

an a

nd

Tr

ent

(197

9);

Eit

zen

an

d

Taka

fuji

(19

97);

P

urv

er (

1995

)

1970

Ch

ines

e ci

tize

ns

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sC

on

flic

ts o

ver

exce

ssiv

e w

ater

wit

hd

raw

als

fro

m, a

nd

su

bse

qu

ent

wat

er s

ho

rtag

es in

, C

hin

a’s

Zh

ang

Riv

er h

ad b

een

wo

rsen

ing

for

over

th

ree

dec

ades

bet

wee

n v

illa

ges

in

Shen

xian

an

d L

inzh

ou

co

un

ties

. In

th

e 19

70s,

mil

itia

s fr

om

co

mp

etin

g vi

llage

s fi

ght

over

wit

hd

raw

als.

(Se

e al

so e

ntr

ies

for

1976

, 199

1, 1

992,

an

d 1

999.

)

Ch

ina

Wat

er

Res

ourc

es D

aily

(2

002)

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er C

on

flic

t C

hro

no

logy

co

nti

nu

ed

Dat

e

Par

ties

Invo

lved

Bas

is

of

Co

nfl

ict

Vio

len

t C

on

flic

t

or

in t

he

Co

nte

xt o

f

Vio

len

ce?

Des

crip

tio

nSo

urc

es

186

1970

sA

rgen

tin

a,

Bra

zil,

Para

guay

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teN

oB

razi

l an

d P

arag

uay

an

no

un

ce p

lan

s to

co

nst

ruct

a d

am a

t It

aip

u o

n t

he

Para

Riv

er,

cau

sin

g co

nce

rn in

Arg

enti

na

abo

ut

dow

nst

ream

en

viro

nm

enta

l rep

ercu

ssio

ns

and

th

e ef

fica

cy o

f A

rgen

tin

a’s

own

pla

nn

ed d

am p

roje

ct d

own

stre

am. A

rgen

tin

a d

eman

ds

to

be

con

sult

ed d

uri

ng

the

pla

nn

ing

of

Itai

pu

, bu

t B

razi

l ref

use

s. A

n a

gree

men

t is

rea

ched

in

197

9 th

at p

rovi

des

fo

r th

e co

nst

ruct

ion

of

bo

th B

razi

l’s a

nd

Par

agu

ay’s

dam

s at

It

aip

u a

nd

Arg

enti

na’

s Ya

cyre

ta D

am.

Wal

len

stee

n a

nd

Sw

ain

(19

97)

1972

Un

ited

Sta

tes

Terr

ori

smN

o: T

hre

atTw

o m

emb

ers

of

the

righ

t-w

ing

“Ord

er o

f th

e R

isin

g Su

n” a

re a

rres

ted

in C

hic

ago

wit

h

thir

ty t

o f

ort

y ki

logr

ams

of

typ

ho

id c

ult

ure

s, w

ith

wh

ich

th

ey a

llege

dly

pla

nn

ed t

o

po

iso

n t

he

wat

er s

up

ply

in C

hic

ago,

St.

Lo

uis

, an

d o

ther

cit

ies.

Exp

erts

say

th

e p

lan

w

ou

ld h

ave

bee

n u

nli

kely

to

cau

se h

ealt

h p

rob

lem

s, g

iven

th

at t

he

wat

er is

ch

lori

nat

ed.

Eit

zen

an

d

Taka

fuji

(19

97)

1972

Un

ited

Sta

tes

Terr

ori

smN

o: T

hre

atT

her

e is

a r

epo

rted

th

reat

to

co

nta

min

ate

the

wat

er s

up

ply

of

New

Yo

rk C

ity

wit

h n

erve

ga

s.P

urv

er (

1995

)

1972

No

rth

Vie

tnam

Mil

itar

y ta

rget

Yes

Th

e U

nit

ed S

tate

s b

om

bs

dik

es in

th

e R

ed R

iver

del

ta, r

iver

s, a

nd

can

als

du

rin

g a

mas

sive

bo

mb

ing

cam

pai

gn.

Col

um

bia

En

cycl

oped

ia

(200

0b)

1973

Ger

man

yTe

rro

rism

No

: Th

reat

A G

erm

an b

iolo

gist

th

reat

ens

to c

on

tam

inat

e w

ater

su

pp

lies

wit

h a

nth

rax

bac

illi

an

d

bo

tuli

nu

m t

oxin

un

less

he

is p

aid

$8.

5 m

illi

on

.Je

nki

ns

and

R

ub

in (

1978

);

Ku

pp

erm

an a

nd

Tr

ent

(197

9)

1974

Iraq

, Syr

iaM

ilit

ary

targ

et;

Mil

itar

y to

ol;

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

te

Mil

itar

y m

aneu

vers

Iraq

th

reat

ens

to b

om

b t

he

al-T

haw

ra (

Tab

aqah

) D

am in

Syr

ia a

nd

mas

ses

tro

op

s al

on

g th

e b

ord

er, a

llegi

ng

that

th

e d

am h

as r

edu

ced

th

e fl

ow o

f E

up

hra

tes

Riv

er w

ater

to

Ira

q.

Gle

ick

(199

4)

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con

tin

ues

187

1975

Iraq

, Syr

iaD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

; Mil

itar

y to

ol

Mil

itar

y m

aneu

vers

As

up

stre

am d

ams

are

fille

d d

uri

ng

a lo

w-fl

ow y

ear

on

th

e E

up

hra

tes,

Ira

qis

cla

im t

hat

fl

ow r

each

ing

its

terr

ito

ry is

“in

tole

rab

le”

and

ask

th

e A

rab

Lea

gue

to in

terv

ene.

Syr

ian

s cl

aim

th

ey a

re r

ecei

vin

g le

ss t

han

hal

f th

e ri

ver’s

no

rmal

flow

an

d p

ull

ou

t o

f an

Ara

b

Lea

gue

tech

nic

al c

om

mit

tee

form

ed t

o m

edia

te t

he

con

flic

t. I

n M

ay, S

yria

clo

ses

its

airs

pac

e to

Ira

qi fl

igh

ts a

nd

bo

th S

yria

an

d I

raq

rep

ort

edly

tra

nsf

er t

roo

ps

to t

hei

r m

utu

al b

ord

er. S

aud

i Ara

bia

su

cces

sfu

lly m

edia

tes

the

con

flic

t.

Gle

ick

(199

3);

Gle

ick

(199

4);

Wo

lf (

1997

)

1975

An

gola

, So

uth

A

fric

aM

ilit

ary

goal

; M

ilit

ary

targ

etYe

sSo

uth

Afr

ican

tro

op

s m

ove

into

An

gola

to

occ

up

y an

d d

efen

d t

he

Ru

acan

a h

ydro

pow

er

com

ple

x, in

clu

din

g th

e G

ové

Dam

on

th

e K

un

ene

Riv

er. T

he

goal

is t

o t

ake

po

sses

sio

n

of

and

def

end

th

e w

ater

res

ou

rces

of

sou

thw

este

rn A

fric

a an

d N

amib

ia.

Mei

ssn

er (

2000

)

1976

Ch

ina

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sA

loca

l mil

itia

ch

ief

is s

ho

t to

dea

th in

a c

lash

ove

r th

e d

amm

ing

of

the

Zh

ang

Riv

er.

Co

nfl

icts

ove

r ex

cess

ive

wat

er w

ith

dra

wal

s an

d s

ub

seq

uen

t w

ater

sh

ort

ages

fro

m

Ch

ina’

s Z

han

g R

iver

had

bee

n w

ors

enin

g fo

r ov

er t

hre

e d

ecad

es. (

See

also

en

trie

s fo

r 19

70, 1

991,

199

2, 1

999.

)

Ch

ina

Wat

er

Res

ourc

es D

aily

(2

002)

1977

Un

ited

Sta

tes

Terr

ori

smYe

sA

No

rth

Car

oli

na

rese

rvo

ir is

co

nta

min

ated

wit

h u

nkn

own

mat

eria

ls. A

cco

rdin

g to

C

lark

, “Sa

fety

cap

s an

d v

alve

s w

ere

rem

oved

, an

d p

ois

on

ch

emic

als

wer

e se

nt

into

th

e re

serv

oir

. . .

. Wat

er h

ad t

o b

e b

rou

ght

in.”

Cla

rk (

1980

);

Pu

rver

(19

95)

1978

o

nw

ard

Egy

pt,

E

thio

pia

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

te; P

oli

tica

l to

ol

No

Th

ere

are

lon

g-st

and

ing

ten

sio

ns

over

th

e N

ile,

esp

ecia

lly t

he

Blu

e N

ile,

ori

gin

atin

g in

E

thio

pia

. Eth

iop

ia’s

pro

po

sed

co

nst

ruct

ion

of

dam

s o

n t

he

hea

dw

ater

s o

f th

e B

lue

Nil

e le

ads

Egy

pt

to r

epea

ted

ly d

ecla

re t

he

vita

l im

po

rtan

ce o

f w

ater

. “T

he

on

ly m

atte

r th

at

cou

ld t

ake

Egy

pt

to w

ar a

gain

is w

ater

” (A

nw

ar S

adat

, 197

9). “

Th

e n

ext

war

in o

ur

regi

on

wil

l be

over

th

e w

ater

s o

f th

e N

ile,

no

t p

oli

tics

” (B

ou

tro

s B

ou

tro

us-

Gh

ali,

1988

).

Gle

ick

(199

1);

Gle

ick

(199

4)

1978

–198

4Su

dan

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

te; M

ilit

ary

targ

et; T

erro

rism

Yes

Dem

on

stra

tio

ns

in J

ub

a, S

ud

an, i

n 1

978

op

po

sin

g th

e co

nst

ruct

ion

of

the

Jon

glei

Can

al

lead

to

th

e d

eath

s o

f tw

o s

tud

ents

. Co

nst

ruct

ion

of

the

can

al is

su

spen

ded

in 1

984

follo

win

g a

seri

es o

f at

tack

s o

n t

he

con

stru

ctio

n s

ite.

Suli

man

(19

98);

K

elu

el-J

ang

(199

7)

1980

sM

ozam

biq

ue,

R

ho

des

ia/

Zim

bab

we,

So

uth

Afr

ica

Mil

itar

y ta

rget

; Te

rro

rism

Yes

Pow

er li

nes

fro

m C

aho

ra B

assa

Dam

are

rep

eate

dly

des

troy

ed d

uri

ng

a fi

ght

for

ind

epen

den

ce in

th

e re

gio

n. T

he

dam

is t

arge

ted

by

RE

NA

MO

(th

e M

ozam

bic

an

Nat

ion

al R

esis

tan

ce).

Ch

enje

(20

01)

1980

–198

8Ir

an, I

raq

Mil

itar

y to

ol

Yes

Iran

div

erts

wat

er t

o fl

oo

d I

raq

i def

ense

po

siti

on

s.P

lan

t (1

995)

1981

Iran

, Ira

qM

ilit

ary

targ

et;

Mil

itar

y to

ol

Yes

Iran

cla

ims

to h

ave

bo

mb

ed a

hyd

roel

ectr

ic f

acil

ity

in K

urd

ista

n, t

her

eby

bla

ckin

g o

ut

larg

e p

ort

ion

s o

f Ir

aq, d

uri

ng

the

Iran

-Ira

q W

ar.

Gle

ick

(199

3)

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Wat

er C

on

flic

t C

hro

no

logy

co

nti

nu

ed

Dat

e

Par

ties

Invo

lved

Bas

is

of

Co

nfl

ict

Vio

len

t C

on

flic

t

or

in t

he

Co

nte

xt o

f

Vio

len

ce?

Des

crip

tio

nSo

urc

es

188

1981

–198

2A

ngo

la,

Nam

ibia

Mil

itar

y ta

rget

; M

ilit

ary

too

lYe

sW

ater

infr

astr

uct

ure

, in

clu

din

g d

ams

and

th

e m

ajo

r C

un

ene-

Cu

vela

i pip

elin

e, is

ta

rget

ed d

uri

ng

the

con

flic

ts in

Nam

ibia

an

d A

ngo

la in

th

e 19

80s.

Turt

on

(20

05)

1982

Un

ited

Sta

tes

Terr

ori

smN

o: T

hre

atL

os

An

gele

s p

oli

ce a

nd

th

e F

BI

arre

st a

man

wh

o is

pre

par

ing

to p

ois

on

th

e ci

ty’s

wat

er

sup

ply

wit

h a

bio

logi

cal a

gen

t.L

ivin

gsto

n

(198

2); E

itze

n

and

Tak

afu

ji

(199

7)

1982

Isra

el,

Leb

ano

n,

Syri

a

Mil

itar

y to

ol

Yes

Isra

el c

uts

off

th

e w

ater

su

pp

ly t

o B

eiru

t d

uri

ng

a si

ege.

Wo

lf (

1997

)

1982

Gu

atem

ala

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sIn

Río

Neg

ro, 1

77 c

ivil

ian

s ar

e ki

lled

ove

r o

pp

osi

tio

n t

o t

he

Ch

ixoy

hyd

roel

ectr

ic d

am.

Lev

y (2

000)

1983

Leb

ano

nTe

rro

rism

Yes

An

exp

losi

ves-

lad

en t

ruck

dis

guis

ed a

s a

wat

er d

eliv

ery

veh

icle

des

troy

s a

bar

rack

s in

a

US

mil

itar

y co

mp

ou

nd

, kil

lin

g m

ore

th

an 3

00 p

eop

le. T

he

atta

ck is

bla

med

on

H

ezb

olla

h, w

ith

th

e su

pp

ort

of

the

Iran

ian

gov

ern

men

t.

BB

C (

2007

)

1983

Isra

elTe

rro

rism

No

Th

e Is

rael

i gov

ern

men

t re

po

rts

that

it h

as u

nco

vere

d a

plo

t b

y Is

rael

i Ara

bs

to p

ois

on

th

e w

ater

in G

alil

ee w

ith

“an

un

iden

tifi

ed p

owd

er.”

Do

ugl

ass

and

L

ivin

gsto

ne

(198

7)

1984

Un

ited

Sta

tes

Terr

ori

smYe

sM

emb

ers

of

the

Raj

nee

shee

rel

igio

us

cult

co

nta

min

ate

a ci

ty w

ater

su

pp

ly t

ank

in T

he

Dal

les,

Ore

gon

, usi

ng

salm

on

ella

bac

teri

a. A

co

mm

un

ity

ou

tbre

ak o

f ov

er 7

50 c

ases

o

ccu

rs in

a c

ou

nty

th

at n

orm

ally

rep

ort

s fe

wer

th

an 5

cas

es p

er y

ear.

Cla

rk a

nd

D

ein

inge

r (2

000)

1985

Un

ited

Sta

tes

Terr

ori

smN

oL

aw e

nfo

rcem

ent

auth

ori

ties

dis

cove

r th

at a

sm

all s

urv

ival

ist

gro

up

in t

he

Oza

rk

Mo

un

tain

s o

f A

rkan

sas

know

n a

s T

he

Cov

enan

t, t

he

Swo

rd, a

nd

th

e A

rm o

f th

e L

ord

(C

SA)

has

acq

uir

ed a

dru

m c

on

tain

ing

thir

ty g

allo

ns

of

po

tass

ium

cya

nid

e, w

ith

th

e ap

par

ent

inte

nt

to p

ois

on

wat

er s

up

pli

es in

New

Yo

rk, C

hic

ago,

an

d W

ash

ingt

on

, DC

. C

SA m

emb

ers

bel

ieve

th

at s

uch

att

acks

wo

uld

mak

e th

e M

essi

ah r

etu

rn m

ore

qu

ickl

y b

y p

un

ish

ing

un

rep

enta

nt

sin

ner

s. T

he

ob

ject

ive

app

ears

to

be

mas

s m

urd

er in

th

e n

ame

of

a d

ivin

e m

issi

on

rat

her

th

an a

ch

ange

in g

over

nm

enta

l po

licy

.

Tuck

er (

2000

);

NT

I (2

005)

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con

tin

ues

189

1986

No

rth

Ko

rea,

So

uth

Ko

rea

Mil

itar

y to

ol

No

No

rth

Ko

rea’

s an

no

un

cem

ent

of

its

pla

ns

to b

uil

d t

he

Ku

mga

nsa

n h

ydro

elec

tric

dam

o

n a

tri

bu

tary

of

the

Han

Riv

er u

pst

ream

of

Seo

ul r

aise

s co

nce

rns

in S

ou

th K

ore

a th

at

the

dam

co

uld

be

use

d a

s a

too

l fo

r ec

olo

gica

l des

tru

ctio

n o

r w

ar.

Gle

ick

(199

3)

1986

Les

oth

o, S

ou

th

Afr

ica

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

te; M

ilit

ary

goal

Yes

Sou

th A

fric

a su

pp

ort

s a

blo

od

less

co

up

by

Les

oth

o’s

def

ense

fo

rces

. Im

med

iate

ly

afte

rwar

d, t

he

two

co

un

trie

s ag

ree

to s

har

e w

ater

fro

m t

he

Hig

hla

nd

s o

f L

eso

tho,

fo

llow

ing

thir

ty y

ears

of

un

succ

essf

ul n

ego

tiat

ion

s. T

her

e is

dis

agre

emen

t ov

er t

he

deg

ree

to w

hic

h w

ater

is a

mo

tiva

tin

g fa

cto

r fo

r ei

ther

par

ty.

Mo

ham

ed (

2001

)

1986

Les

oth

o, S

ou

th

Afr

ica

Mil

itar

y go

al;

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

te

Yes

Sou

th A

fric

a su

pp

ort

s a

cou

p in

Les

oth

o o

ver

sup

po

rt f

or

the

Afr

ican

Nat

ion

al

Co

ngr

ess,

op

po

siti

on

to

ap

arth

eid

, an

d w

ater

. Th

e n

ew g

over

nm

ent

in L

eso

tho

qu

ickl

y si

gns

the

Les

oth

o H

igh

lan

ds

wat

er a

gree

men

t.

Am

eric

an

Un

iver

sity

(2

000b

)

1988

An

gola

, So

uth

A

fric

a, C

ub

aM

ilit

ary

goal

; M

ilit

ary

targ

etYe

sC

ub

an a

nd

An

gola

n f

orc

es la

un

ch a

n a

ttac

k o

n C

alu

equ

e D

am v

ia la

nd

an

d t

hen

air

. C

on

sid

erab

le d

amag

e is

infl

icte

d o

n t

he

dam

’s w

all,

and

th

e p

ower

su

pp

ly t

o t

he

dam

is

cut.

Th

e w

ater

pip

elin

e to

Ow

amb

ola

nd

is c

ut

and

des

troy

ed.

Mei

ssn

er (

2000

)

1990

Sou

th A

fric

aD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

No

A p

ro-a

par

thei

d c

ou

nci

l cu

ts o

ff w

ater

to

th

e W

esse

lto

n t

own

ship

of

50,0

00 b

lack

s fo

llow

ing

pro

test

s ov

er m

iser

able

san

itat

ion

an

d li

vin

g co

nd

itio

ns.

Gle

ick

(199

3)

1990

Iraq

, Syr

ia,

Turk

eyD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

; Mil

itar

y to

ol

No

Th

e fl

ow o

f th

e E

up

hra

tes

is in

terr

up

ted

fo

r a

mo

nth

as

Turk

ey fi

nis

hes

co

nst

ruct

ion

of

the

Ata

turk

Dam

, par

t o

f th

e G

ran

d A

nat

oli

a P

roje

ct. S

yria

an

d I

raq

pro

test

th

at T

urk

ey

now

has

a w

eap

on

of

war

. In

mid

-199

0, T

urk

ish

pre

sid

ent T

urg

ut

Oza

l th

reat

ens

to

rest

rict

wat

er fl

ow t

o S

yria

to

fo

rce

it t

o w

ith

dra

w s

up

po

rt f

or

Ku

rdis

h r

ebel

s o

per

atin

g in

so

uth

ern

Tu

rkey

.

Gle

ick

(199

3);

Gle

ick

(199

5)

1991

Iraq

, Ku

wai

t,

Un

ited

Sta

tes

Mil

itar

y ta

rget

Yes

Du

rin

g th

e G

ulf

War

, Ira

q d

estr

oys

mu

ch o

f K

uw

ait’s

des

alin

atio

n c

apac

ity

du

rin

g it

s re

trea

t.G

leic

k (1

993)

1991

Can

ada

Terr

ori

smN

o: T

hre

atA

th

reat

is m

ade

via

an a

no

nym

ou

s le

tter

to

co

nta

min

ate

the

wat

er s

up

ply

of

the

city

of

Kel

own

a, B

riti

sh C

olu

mb

ia, w

ith

“b

iolo

gica

l co

nta

min

ates

.” T

he

mo

tive

is a

pp

aren

tly

“ass

oci

ated

wit

h t

he

Gu

lf W

ar.”

Th

e se

curi

ty o

f th

e w

ater

su

pp

ly is

incr

ease

d in

re

spo

nse

, an

d n

o g

rou

p is

iden

tifi

ed a

s th

e p

erp

etra

tor.

Pu

rver

(19

95)

1991

Iraq

, Tu

rkey

, U

nit

ed

Nat

ion

s

Mil

itar

y to

ol

No

: Th

reat

Th

e U

nit

ed N

atio

ns

dis

cuss

es u

se o

f th

e A

tatu

rk D

am in

Tu

rkey

to

cu

t o

ff fl

ows

of

the

Eu

ph

rate

s to

Ira

q.

Gle

ick

(199

3)

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Wat

er C

on

flic

t C

hro

no

logy

co

nti

nu

ed

Dat

e

Par

ties

Invo

lved

Bas

is

of

Co

nfl

ict

Vio

len

t C

on

flic

t

or

in t

he

Co

nte

xt o

f

Vio

len

ce?

Des

crip

tio

nSo

urc

es

190

1991

Iraq

, Ku

wai

t,

Un

ited

Sta

tes

Mil

itar

y ta

rget

Yes

Du

rin

g th

e P

ersi

an G

ulf

War

, Alli

ed C

oal

itio

n f

orc

es d

amag

e B

agh

dad

’s m

od

ern

wat

er

sup

ply

an

d s

anit

atio

n s

yste

m—

inte

nti

on

ally

an

d u

nin

ten

tio

nal

ly. “

Fou

r o

f se

ven

maj

or

pu

mp

ing

stat

ion

s w

ere

des

troy

ed, a

s w

ere

31 m

un

icip

al w

ater

an

d s

ewer

age

faci

liti

es—

20 in

Bag

hd

ad—

resu

ltin

g in

sew

age

po

uri

ng

into

th

e T

igri

s. W

ater

p

uri

fica

tio

n p

lan

ts w

ere

inca

pac

itat

ed t

hro

ugh

ou

t Ir

aq”

(Arb

uth

no

t 20

00).

Fo

llow

ing

the

dam

age,

th

e N

ew E

ngl

and

Jou

rnal

of

Med

icin

e re

po

rts

that

du

rin

g th

e fi

rst

eigh

t m

on

ths

of

1991

, ch

ild

ho

od

dea

ths

in I

raq

incr

ease

by

47,0

00 a

nd

th

e co

un

try’

s in

fan

t m

ort

alit

y ra

te d

ou

ble

s, t

o 9

2.7

per

1,0

00 li

ve b

irth

s.

Gle

ick

(199

3);

Arb

uth

no

t (2

000)

; Bar

rett

(2

003)

1991

Ch

ina

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sIn

Dec

emb

er 1

991,

Hu

angl

on

gko

u v

illa

ge a

nd

Qia

nyu

vil

lage

exc

han

ge m

ort

ar fi

re o

ver

the

con

stru

ctio

n o

f n

ew w

ater

div

ersi

on

fac

ilit

ies.

Co

nfl

icts

ove

r ex

cess

ive

wat

er

wit

hd

raw

als

and

su

bse

qu

ent

wat

er s

ho

rtag

es f

rom

Ch

ina’

s Z

han

g R

iver

had

bee

n

wo

rsen

ing

for

over

th

ree

dec

ades

. (Se

e al

so e

ntr

ies

for

1970

, 197

6, 1

992,

an

d 1

999.

)

Ch

ina

Wat

er

Res

ourc

es D

aily

(2

002)

1991

–200

1U

nit

ed S

tate

s,

Iraq

Mil

itar

y ta

rget

; M

ilit

ary

too

lN

oT

he

Un

ited

Sta

tes

del

iber

atel

y p

urs

ues

a p

oli

cy o

f d

estr

oyin

g Ir

aq’s

wat

er s

yste

ms

thro

ugh

san

ctio

ns

and

wit

hh

old

ing

con

trac

ts.

Nag

y (2

001)

1991

–200

7K

arn

atak

a,

Ind

iaD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Yes

Vio

len

ce e

rup

ts w

hen

Kar

nat

aka

reje

cts

an in

teri

m o

rder

han

ded

dow

n b

y th

e C

auve

ry

Wat

ers

Trib

un

al, s

et u

p b

y th

e Su

pre

me

Co

urt

of

Ind

ia. T

he

trib

un

al h

ad b

een

es

tab

lish

ed in

199

0 to

set

tle

two

dec

ades

of

dis

pu

te b

etw

een

Kar

nat

aka

and

Tam

il

Nad

u o

ver

irri

gati

on

rig

hts

to

th

e C

auve

ry R

iver

.

Gle

ick

(199

3);

Bu

tts

(199

7);

Am

eric

an

Un

iver

sity

(2

000a

)

1992

Po

liti

cal t

oo

l; D

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Mil

itar

y m

aneu

vers

Cit

ing

envi

ron

men

tal c

on

cern

s, H

un

gary

ab

roga

tes

a 19

77 t

reat

y w

ith

Cze

cho

slov

akia

co

nce

rnin

g co

nst

ruct

ion

of

the

Gab

ciko

vo/N

agym

aro

s p

roje

ct. S

lova

kia

con

tin

ues

co

nst

ruct

ion

un

ilat

eral

ly, c

om

ple

tes

the

dam

, an

d d

iver

ts t

he

Dan

ub

e in

to a

can

al

insi

de

the

Slov

ak R

epu

bli

c. M

assi

ve p

ub

lic

pro

test

an

d m

ovem

ent

of

mil

itar

y to

th

e b

ord

er e

nsu

e; t

he

issu

e is

tak

en t

o t

he

Inte

rnat

ion

al C

ou

rt o

f Ju

stic

e.

Gle

ick

(199

3)

1992

Turk

eyTe

rro

rism

Yes

Let

hal

co

nce

ntr

atio

ns

of

po

tass

ium

cya

nid

e ar

e re

po

rted

ly d

isco

vere

d in

th

e w

ater

ta

nks

of

a Tu

rkis

h A

ir F

orc

e co

mp

ou

nd

in I

stan

bu

l. T

he

Ku

rdis

h W

ork

ers’

Par

ty (

PK

K)

clai

ms

cred

it.

Ch

elys

hev

(19

92)

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con

tin

ues

191

1992

Bo

snia

, B

osn

ian

Ser

bs

Mil

itar

y to

ol

Yes

Th

e Se

rbia

n s

iege

of

Sara

jevo

, Bo

snia

an

d H

erze

govi

na,

incl

ud

es a

cu

toff

of

all

elec

tric

al p

ower

an

d t

he

wat

er f

eed

ing

the

city

fro

m t

he

surr

ou

nd

ing

mo

un

tain

s. T

he

lack

of

pow

er c

uts

th

e tw

o m

ain

pu

mp

ing

stat

ion

s in

sid

e th

e ci

ty, d

esp

ite

ple

dge

s fr

om

Se

rbia

n n

atio

nal

ist

lead

ers

to U

nit

ed N

atio

ns

offi

cial

s th

at t

hey

wo

uld

no

t u

se t

hei

r co

ntr

ol o

f Sa

raje

vo’s

uti

liti

es a

s a

wea

po

n. B

osn

ian

Ser

bs

take

co

ntr

ol o

f w

ater

val

ves

regu

lati

ng

flow

fro

m w

ells

th

at p

rovi

de

mo

re t

han

80

per

cen

t o

f w

ater

to

Sar

ajev

o; t

he

red

uce

d w

ater

flow

to

th

e ci

ty is

use

d t

o “

smo

ke o

ut”

Bo

snia

ns.

Bu

rns

(199

2);

Hu

sars

ka (

1995

)

1992

Ch

ina

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sIn

Au

gust

199

2, b

om

bs

are

set

off

alo

ng

a Z

han

g R

iver

dis

trib

uti

on

can

al, c

olla

psi

ng

par

t o

f th

e ca

nal

an

d c

ausi

ng

flo

od

ing

and

eco

no

mic

loss

es. V

iole

nce

co

nti

nu

es in

th

e la

te 1

990s

wit

h c

on

fro

nta

tio

ns,

mo

rtar

att

acks

, an

d b

om

bin

gs. C

on

flic

ts o

ver

exce

ssiv

e w

ater

wit

hd

raw

als

and

su

bse

qu

ent

wat

er s

ho

rtag

es f

rom

Ch

ina’

s Z

han

g R

iver

had

bee

n

wo

rsen

ing

for

over

th

ree

dec

ades

. (Se

e al

so e

ntr

ies

for

1970

, 197

6, 1

991,

an

d 1

999.

)

Ch

ina

Wat

er

Res

ourc

es D

aily

(2

002)

1992

Mo

ldov

a,

Ru

ssia

Mil

itar

y ta

rget

Yes

In J

un

e, h

ost

ilit

ies

bet

wee

n M

old

ova

and

Ru

ssia

in a

sh

ort

bu

t in

ten

se c

on

flic

t in

clu

de

a ro

cket

-art

ille

ry a

ttac

k o

n t

he

hyd

roel

ectr

ic t

urb

ines

at

the

Du

bo

ssar

y p

ower

sta

tio

n

on

th

e N

istr

u (

or

Dn

iest

er)

Riv

er.

Mal

ik (

2005

);

Bel

itse

r et

al.

(200

9)

1993

Iran

Terr

ori

smN

oA

rep

ort

su

gges

ts t

hat

pro

po

sals

wer

e m

ade

at a

mee

tin

g o

f fu

nd

amen

tali

st g

rou

ps

in

Teh

ran

, un

der

th

e au

spic

es o

f th

e Ir

ania

n F

ore

ign

Min

istr

y, t

o p

ois

on

wat

er s

up

pli

es o

f m

ajo

r ci

ties

in t

he

Wes

t “as

a p

oss

ible

res

po

nse

to

Wes

tern

off

ensi

ves

agai

nst

Isl

amic

o

rgan

izat

ion

s an

d s

tate

s.”

Hae

ri (

1993

)

1993

Yugo

slav

iaM

ilit

ary

targ

et;

Mil

itar

y to

ol

Yes

Th

e si

xty-

five

-met

er-h

igh

Per

uća

Dam

on

th

e C

etin

a R

iver

was

Yu

gosl

avia

’s s

eco

nd

-la

rges

t h

ydro

elec

tric

fac

ilit

y b

efo

re t

he

cou

ntr

y’s

bre

aku

p w

ith

th

e C

roat

ian

War

b

egin

nin

g in

199

1. O

n J

anu

ary

28, 1

993,

Ser

bia

n/Y

ugo

slav

arm

y fo

rces

det

on

ate

exp

losi

ves

at t

he

dam

in a

n a

ttem

pt

to w

ipe

ou

t C

roat

ian

vil

lage

s an

d t

he

po

rt c

ity

of

Om

iš. A

su

cces

sfu

l Cro

atia

n c

ou

nte

ratt

ack

allo

ws

mil

itar

y en

gin

eers

to

rea

ch t

he

dam

an

d r

elea

se w

ater

in t

ime

to p

reve

nt

it f

rom

bu

rsti

ng,

sav

ing

an e

stim

ated

tw

enty

to

th

irty

th

ou

san

d c

ivil

ian

s. C

red

it f

or

pre

ven

tin

g a

dam

bu

rst

is a

lso

giv

en t

o B

riti

sh

Mar

ine

Cap

tain

Mar

k G

ray,

a U

N o

bse

rver

, fo

r o

pen

ing

gate

s to

red

uce

wat

er le

vels

p

rio

r to

th

e at

tack

.

Gle

ick

(199

3);

Rat

hfe

lder

(20

07)

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Wat

er C

on

flic

t C

hro

no

logy

co

nti

nu

ed

Dat

e

Par

ties

Invo

lved

Bas

is

of

Co

nfl

ict

Vio

len

t C

on

flic

t

or

in t

he

Co

nte

xt o

f

Vio

len

ce?

Des

crip

tio

nSo

urc

es

192

1993

–200

3Ir

aqM

ilit

ary

too

lN

oTo

qu

ell o

pp

osi

tio

n t

o h

is g

over

nm

ent,

Sad

dam

Hu

ssei

n r

epo

rted

ly p

ois

on

s an

d d

rain

s th

e w

ater

su

pp

lies

of

sou

ther

n S

hii

te M

usl

ims,

th

e M

a’d

an. T

he

mar

shes

of

sou

ther

n

Iraq

are

inte

nti

on

ally

tar

gete

d. T

he

Eu

rop

ean

Par

liam

ent

and

UN

Hu

man

Rig

hts

C

om

mis

sio

n d

eplo

re t

he

use

of

wat

er a

s a

wea

po

n in

th

e re

gio

n.

Gle

ick

(199

3);

Am

eric

an

Un

iver

sity

(2

000c

); N

atio

nal

G

eogr

aph

ic

New

s (2

001)

1994

Mo

ldov

a,

Ru

ssia

Terr

ori

smN

o: T

hre

atM

old

avia

n g

ener

al N

iko

lay

Mat

veye

v re

po

rted

ly t

hre

aten

s to

co

nta

min

ate

the

wat

er

sup

ply

of

the

Ru

ssia

n 1

4th

Arm

y in

Tir

asp

ol,

Mo

ldov

a, w

ith

mer

cury

.P

urv

er (

1995

)

1998

/199

4U

nit

ed S

tate

sC

yber

terr

ori

smN

oT

he

Was

hin

gton

Pos

t re

po

rts

that

a t

wel

ve-y

ear-

old

co

mp

ute

r h

acke

r h

as b

roke

n in

to

the

SCA

DA

co

mp

ute

r sy

stem

th

at r

un

s A

rizo

na’

s R

oo

seve

lt D

am, g

ain

ing

com

ple

te

con

tro

l of

the

dam

’s m

assi

ve fl

oo

dga

tes.

Th

e ci

ties

of

Mes

a, T

emp

e, a

nd

Ph

oen

ix,

Ari

zon

a, a

re d

own

stre

am o

f th

is d

am. T

his

rep

ort

tu

rns

ou

t to

be

inco

rrec

t. A

hac

ker

did

bre

ak in

to t

he

com

pu

ters

of

an A

rizo

na

wat

er f

acil

ity,

th

e Sa

lt R

iver

Pro

ject

in t

he

Ph

oen

ix a

rea.

Bu

t h

e w

as t

wen

ty-s

even

, no

t tw

elve

, an

d t

he

inci

den

t o

ccu

rred

in 1

994,

n

ot

1998

. An

d w

hil

e cl

earl

y tr

esp

assi

ng

in c

riti

cal a

reas

, th

e h

acke

r n

ever

co

uld

hav

e h

ad c

on

tro

l of

any

dam

s, le

adin

g in

vest

igat

ors

to

co

ncl

ud

e th

at n

o li

ves

or

pro

per

ty

wer

e ev

er t

hre

aten

ed.

Gel

lman

(20

02);

L

emo

s (2

002)

1995

Ecu

ado

r, P

eru

Mil

itar

y to

ol;

Po

liti

cal t

oo

lYe

sA

rmed

ski

rmis

hes

ari

se in

par

t b

ecau

se o

f d

isag

reem

ent

over

th

e co

ntr

ol o

f th

e h

ead

wat

ers

of

the

Cen

epa

Riv

er. W

olf

arg

ues

th

at t

his

is p

rim

aril

y a

bo

rder

dis

pu

te

sim

ply

co

inci

din

g w

ith

th

e lo

cati

on

of

a w

ater

res

ou

rce.

Sam

son

an

d

Ch

arri

er (

1997

);

Wo

lf (

1997

)

1997

Sin

gap

ore

, M

alay

sia

Po

liti

cal t

oo

lN

oM

alay

sia,

wh

ich

su

pp

lies

ab

ou

t h

alf

of

Sin

gap

ore

’s w

ater

, th

reat

ens

to c

ut

off

th

at

sup

ply

in r

etri

bu

tio

n f

or

crit

icis

ms

by

Sin

gap

ore

of

po

licy

in M

alay

sia.

Zac

har

y (1

997)

1998

Taji

kist

anTe

rro

rism

; P

oli

tica

l to

ol

No

: Th

reat

Taji

k gu

erri

lla c

om

man

der

Mak

hm

ud

Kh

ud

ob

erd

yev

thre

aten

s to

blo

w u

p a

dam

on

th

e K

aira

kkh

um

ch

ann

el if

his

po

liti

cal d

eman

ds

are

no

t m

et.

WR

R (

1998

)

1998

An

gola

Mil

itar

y to

ol;

Po

liti

cal t

oo

lYe

sIn

Sep

tem

ber

, fier

ce fi

ghti

ng

bet

wee

n U

NIT

A a

nd

An

gola

n g

over

nm

enta

l fo

rces

bre

aks

ou

t at

Gov

e D

am o

n t

he

Ku

nen

e R

iver

fo

r co

ntr

ol o

f th

e in

stal

lati

on

.M

eiss

ner

(20

01)

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con

tin

ues

193

1998

Dem

ocr

atic

R

epu

bli

c o

f C

on

go

Mil

itar

y ta

rget

; Te

rro

rism

Yes

Att

acks

are

mad

e o

n I

nga

Dam

du

rin

g ef

fort

s to

to

pp

le P

resi

den

t K

abil

a. E

lect

rici

ty

sup

pli

es f

rom

In

ga D

am a

nd

wat

er s

up

pli

es t

o K

insh

asa

are

dis

rup

ted

.C

hen

je (

2001

);

Hu

man

Rig

hts

W

atch

(19

98)

1998

–199

9K

oso

voTe

rro

rism

; P

oli

tica

l to

ol

Yes

Wat

er s

up

pli

es a

nd

wel

ls a

re c

on

tam

inat

ed b

y Se

rbs

dis

po

sin

g o

f th

e b

od

ies

of

Ko

sova

r A

lban

ian

s. T

her

e ar

e al

so r

epo

rts

of Y

ugo

slav

fed

eral

fo

rces

po

iso

nin

g w

ells

wit

h

carc

asse

s an

d h

azar

do

us

mat

eria

ls.

CN

N (

1999

);

Hic

kman

(19

99)

1998

–200

0E

ritr

ea a

nd

E

thio

pia

Mil

itar

y ta

rget

Yes

Wat

er-p

um

pin

g p

lan

ts a

nd

pip

elin

es in

th

e b

ord

er t

own

of

Ad

i Qu

ala

are

des

troy

ed

du

rin

g th

e ci

vil w

ar b

etw

een

Eri

trea

an

d E

thio

pia

.IC

RC

(20

03)

1999

Lusa

ka,

Zam

bia

Terr

ori

sm;

Po

liti

cal t

oo

lYe

sA

bo

mb

bla

st d

estr

oys

Lusa

ka’s

mai

n w

ater

pip

elin

e, c

utt

ing

off

wat

er f

or

the

city

, p

op

ula

tio

n 3

mil

lio

n.

FT

GW

R (

1999

)

1999

Yugo

slav

iaM

ilit

ary

targ

etYe

sB

elgr

ade

rep

ort

s th

at N

ATO

pla

nes

hav

e ta

rget

ed a

hyd

roel

ectr

ic p

lan

t d

uri

ng

the

Ko

sovo

cam

pai

gn.

Reu

ters

(19

99c)

1999

Ban

glad

esh

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

te; P

oli

tica

l to

ol

Yes

Fif

ty p

eop

le a

re h

urt

du

rin

g st

rike

s ca

lled

to

pro

test

pow

er a

nd

wat

er s

ho

rtag

es.

Pro

test

s ar

e le

d b

y fo

rmer

pri

me

min

iste

r B

egu

m K

hal

eda

Zia

ove

r a

dec

reas

e in

pu

bli

c se

rvic

es a

nd

det

erio

rati

on

of

law

an

d o

rder

.

Ah

med

(19

99)

1999

Yugo

slav

iaM

ilit

ary

targ

etYe

sN

ATO

tar

gets

uti

liti

es a

nd

sh

uts

dow

n w

ater

su

pp

lies

in B

elgr

ade.

NAT

O b

om

bs

bri

dge

s o

n D

anu

be,

dis

rup

tin

g n

avig

atio

n.

Reu

ters

(19

99b

)

1999

Yugo

slav

iaP

oli

tica

l to

ol

Yes

Yugo

slav

ia r

efu

ses

to c

lear

war

deb

ris

(dow

ned

bri

dge

s) o

n t

he

Dan

ub

e u

nle

ss fi

nan

cial

ai

d f

or

reco

nst

ruct

ion

is p

rovi

ded

; Eu

rop

ean

co

un

trie

s o

n t

he

Dan

ub

e fe

ar t

hat

fl

oo

din

g d

ue

to w

inte

r ic

e d

ams

wil

l res

ult

. Dip

lom

ats

dec

ry e

nvi

ron

men

tal b

lack

mai

l.

Sim

on

s (1

999)

1999

Ko

sovo

Po

liti

cal t

oo

lYe

sSe

rbia

n e

ngi

nee

rs s

hu

t d

own

th

e w

ater

sys

tem

in P

rist

ina

pri

or

to o

ccu

pat

ion

by

NAT

O.

Reu

ters

(19

99a)

1999

Sou

th A

fric

aTe

rro

rism

Yes

A h

om

emad

e b

om

b is

dis

cove

red

at

a w

ater

res

ervo

ir a

t Wal

lman

sth

al, n

ear

Pre

tori

a. I

t is

th

ou

ght

to h

ave

bee

n m

ean

t to

sab

ota

ge w

ater

su

pp

lies

to

far

mer

s.P

reto

ria

Dis

pat

ch

(199

9)

1999

An

gola

Terr

ori

sm;

Po

liti

cal t

oo

lYe

sO

ne

hu

nd

red

bo

die

s ar

e fo

un

d in

fo

ur

dri

nki

ng

wat

er w

ells

in c

entr

al A

ngo

la.

Inte

rnat

ion

al

Her

ald

Tri

bun

e (1

999)

1999

Pu

erto

Ric

o,

Un

ited

Sta

tes

Po

liti

cal t

oo

lN

oP

rote

ster

s b

lock

wat

er in

take

to

Ro

ose

velt

Ro

ads

Nav

y B

ase

in o

pp

osi

tio

n t

o U

S m

ilit

ary

pre

sen

ce a

nd

th

e n

avy’

s u

se o

f th

e B

lan

co R

iver

, fo

llow

ing

chro

nic

wat

er

sho

rtag

es in

nei

ghb

ori

ng

tow

ns.

New

Yor

k T

imes

(1

999)

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Wat

er C

on

flic

t C

hro

no

logy

co

nti

nu

ed

Dat

e

Par

ties

Invo

lved

Bas

is

of

Co

nfl

ict

Vio

len

t C

on

flic

t

or

in t

he

Co

nte

xt o

f

Vio

len

ce?

Des

crip

tio

nSo

urc

es

194

1999

Ch

ina

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

te;

Terr

ori

sm

Yes

Aro

un

d t

he

Ch

ines

e N

ew Y

ear,

far

mer

s fr

om

Heb

ei a

nd

Hen

an P

rovi

nce

s fi

ght

over

li

mit

ed w

ater

res

ou

rces

. Hea

vy w

eap

on

s, in

clu

din

g m

ort

ars

and

bo

mb

s, a

re u

sed

an

d

nea

rly

on

e h

un

dre

d v

illa

gers

are

inju

red

. Ho

use

s an

d f

acil

itie

s ar

e d

amag

ed, a

nd

th

e to

tal l

oss

rea

ches

US$

1 m

illi

on

.

Ch

ina

Wat

er

Res

ourc

es D

aily

(2

002)

1999

Eas

t Tim

or

Mil

itar

y to

ol;

Terr

ori

smYe

sM

ilit

ia o

pp

osi

ng

Eas

t Tim

or

ind

epen

den

ce k

ills

pro

-in

dep

end

ence

su

pp

ort

ers

and

th

row

s th

eir

bo

die

s in

a w

ater

wel

l.B

BC

(19

99)

1999

Yem

enD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Yes

Yem

en s

end

s 70

0 so

ldie

rs t

o q

uel

l figh

tin

g th

at c

laim

ed s

ix li

ves

and

inju

red

six

ty in

cl

ash

es t

hat

eru

pte

d b

etw

een

tw

o v

illa

ges

figh

tin

g ov

er a

loca

l sp

rin

g n

ear

Ta’i

z. T

he

villa

ge o

f A

l-M

arzu

h b

elie

ved

it w

as e

nti

tled

to

exc

lusi

ve u

se o

f a

spri

ng

bec

ause

th

e sp

rin

g w

as lo

cate

d o

n it

s la

nd

; th

e n

eigh

bo

rin

g vi

llage

of

Qu

rad

ah b

elie

ved

its

righ

t to

th

e w

ater

had

bee

n a

ffirm

ed in

a fi

fty-

year

-old

co

urt

ver

dic

t. T

he

dis

pu

te e

rup

ted

in

vio

len

ce. P

resi

den

t A

li A

bd

ulla

h S

aleh

inte

rven

es b

y su

mm

on

ing

the

shei

khs

of

the

two

vi

llage

s to

th

e ca

pit

al a

nd

so

rts

ou

t th

e p

rob

lem

by

div

idin

g th

e w

ater

into

hal

ves.

Al-

Qad

hi (

2003

)

1999

–200

0N

amib

ia,

Bo

tsw

ana,

Z

amb

ia

Mil

itar

y go

al;

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

te

No

On

Sed

ud

u/K

asik

ili I

slan

d, i

n t

he

Zam

bez

i/C

ho

be

Riv

er, a

dis

pu

te a

rise

s ab

ou

t th

e b

ord

er a

nd

acc

ess

to w

ater

. Th

e co

nfl

ict

is p

rese

nte

d t

o t

he

Inte

rnat

ion

al C

ou

rt o

f Ju

stic

e.

ICJ

(199

9)

2000

Eth

iop

iaD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Yes

A m

an is

sta

bb

ed t

o d

eath

du

rin

g a

figh

t ov

er c

lean

wat

er d

uri

ng

the

fam

ine

in

Eth

iop

ia.

San

dra

sagr

a (2

000)

2000

Cen

tral

Asi

a:

Kyr

gyzs

tan

, K

azak

hst

an,

Uzb

ekis

tan

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teN

oK

yrgy

zsta

n c

uts

off

wat

er t

o K

azak

hst

an u

nti

l co

al is

del

iver

ed; U

zbek

ista

n c

uts

off

w

ater

to

Kaz

akh

stan

fo

r n

on

pay

men

t o

f d

ebt.

Pan

nie

r (2

000)

2000

Fran

ce,

Bel

giu

m,

Net

her

lan

ds

Terr

ori

smYe

sIn

Ju

ly, w

ork

ers

at t

he

Cel

late

x ch

emic

al p

lan

t in

no

rth

ern

Fra

nce

du

mp

5,0

00 li

ters

of

sulf

uri

c ac

id in

to a

tri

bu

tary

of

the

Meu

se R

iver

aft

er t

hey

are

den

ied

wo

rker

s’ b

enefi

ts.

A F

ren

ch a

nal

yst

po

ints

ou

t th

at t

his

is t

he

firs

t ti

me

“th

e en

viro

nm

ent

and

pu

bli

c h

ealt

h w

ere

mad

e h

ost

age

in o

rder

to

exe

rt p

ress

ure

, an

un

hea

rd-o

f si

tuat

ion

un

til

now

.”

Ch

rist

ian

Sci

ence

M

onit

or (

2000

)

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con

tin

ues

195

2000

Haz

araj

at,

Afg

han

ista

nD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Yes

Vio

len

t co

nfl

icts

bre

ak o

ut

over

wat

er r

eso

urc

es in

th

e vi

llage

s o

f B

urn

a L

egan

an

d

Tain

a L

egan

, an

d in

oth

er p

arts

of

the

regi

on

, as

dro

ugh

t d

eple

tes

loca

l res

ou

rces

.C

oo

per

atio

n

Cen

ter

for

Afg

han

ista

n

(200

0)

2000

Ind

ia: G

uja

rat

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sW

ater

rio

ts a

re r

epo

rted

in s

om

e ar

eas

of

Gu

jara

t in

pro

test

of

auth

ori

ty’s

fai

lure

to

ar

ran

ge a

n a

deq

uat

e su

pp

ly o

f ta

nke

r w

ater

. Po

lice

are

rep

ort

ed t

o h

ave

sho

t in

to a

cr

owd

at

Falla

vil

lage

nea

r Ja

mn

agar

, res

ult

ing

in t

he

dea

ths

of

thre

e an

d in

juri

es t

o

twen

ty f

ollo

win

g p

rote

sts

agai

nst

th

e d

iver

sio

n o

f w

ater

fro

m t

he

Kan

kava

ti D

am t

o

Jam

nag

ar t

own

.

FT

GW

R (

2000

)

2000

Bo

livi

aD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Yes

Mas

sive

pro

test

s, r

iots

, an

d v

iole

nce

res

ult

fro

m e

ffo

rts

to p

riva

tize

th

e w

ater

sys

tem

of

Co

chab

amb

a, B

oli

via.

Shu

ltz

and

D

rap

er (

2009

)

2000

Un

ited

Sta

tes

Terr

ori

smN

oA

dri

ll si

mu

lati

ng

a te

rro

rist

att

ack

on

th

e N

acim

ien

to D

am in

Mo

nte

rey

Co

un

ty,

Cal

ifo

rnia

, get

s o

ut

of

han

d w

hen

tw

o r

adio

sta

tio

ns

rep

ort

it a

s a

real

att

ack.

Gau

ra (

2000

)

2000

Ken

yaD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Yes

A c

lash

bet

wee

n v

illa

gers

an

d t

hir

sty

mo

nke

ys le

aves

eig

ht

mo

nke

ys d

ead

an

d t

en

villa

gers

wo

un

ded

. Th

e d

uel

sta

rted

aft

er w

ater

tan

kers

bro

ugh

t w

ater

to

a d

rou

ght-

stri

cken

are

a an

d t

he

mo

nke

ys, d

esp

erat

e fo

r w

ater

, att

acke

d t

he

villa

gers

.

BB

C (

2000

);

Oko

ko (

2000

)

2000

Au

stra

lia

Cyb

erte

rro

rism

Yes

In Q

uee

nsl

and

, Au

stra

lia,

po

lice

arr

est

a m

an f

or

usi

ng

a co

mp

ute

r an

d r

adio

tr

ansm

itte

r to

tak

e co

ntr

ol o

f th

e M

aro

och

y Sh

ire

was

tew

ater

sys

tem

an

d r

elea

se

sew

age

into

par

ks, r

iver

s, a

nd

pro

per

ty.

Gel

lman

(20

02)

2000

Ch

ina

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sC

ivil

un

rest

eru

pts

ove

r th

e u

se a

nd

allo

cati

on

of

wat

er f

rom

Bai

yan

gdia

n L

ake,

th

e la

rges

t n

atu

ral l

ake

in n

ort

her

n C

hin

a. S

ever

al p

eop

le d

ie in

rio

ts b

y vi

llage

rs in

Ju

ly in

Sh

and

on

g af

ter

offi

cial

s cu

t o

ff w

ater

su

pp

lies

. In

Au

gust

, six

die

wh

en o

ffici

als

in t

he

sou

ther

n p

rovi

nce

of

Gu

angd

on

g b

low

up

a w

ater

ch

ann

el t

o p

reve

nt

a n

eigh

bo

rin

g co

un

ty f

rom

div

erti

ng

wat

er.

Po

ttin

ger

(200

0)

2001

Isra

el,

Pale

stin

eTe

rro

rism

; M

ilit

ary

targ

etYe

sPa

lest

inia

ns

des

troy

wat

er s

up

ply

pip

elin

es t

o t

he

Wes

t B

ank

sett

lem

ent

of Y

itzh

ar a

nd

to

Kib

bu

tz K

isu

fim

. Th

e A

gbat

Jab

ar r

efu

gee

cam

p n

ear

Jeri

cho

dis

con

nec

ts f

rom

its

wat

er s

up

ply

aft

er P

ales

tin

ian

s lo

ot

and

dam

age

loca

l wat

er p

um

ps.

Pal

esti

nia

ns

accu

se I

srae

l of

des

troy

ing

a w

ater

cis

tern

, blo

ckin

g w

ater

tan

ker

del

iver

ies,

an

d

atta

ckin

g m

ater

ials

fo

r a

was

tew

ater

tre

atm

ent

pro

ject

.

Isra

el L

ine

(200

1a);

Isr

ael

Lin

e (2

001b

);

EN

S (2

001)

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Wat

er C

on

flic

t C

hro

no

logy

co

nti

nu

ed

Dat

e

Par

ties

Invo

lved

Bas

is

of

Co

nfl

ict

Vio

len

t C

on

flic

t

or

in t

he

Co

nte

xt o

f

Vio

len

ce?

Des

crip

tio

nSo

urc

es

196

2001

Paki

stan

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

te;

Terr

ori

sm

Yes

Civ

il u

nre

st e

rup

ts o

ver

seve

re w

ater

sh

ort

ages

cau

sed

by

the

lon

g-te

rm d

rou

ght.

P

rote

sts

beg

in in

Mar

ch a

nd

Ap

ril a

nd

co

nti

nu

e in

to s

um

mer

, in

volv

ing

rio

ts, f

ou

r b

om

bs

in K

arac

hi (

Jun

e 13

), o

ne

dea

th, t

wel

ve in

juri

es, a

nd

th

irty

arr

ests

. Eth

nic

co

nfl

icts

ari

se a

s so

me

gro

up

s “a

ccu

se t

he

gove

rnm

ent

of

favo

rin

g th

e p

op

ulo

us

Pu

nja

b p

rovi

nce

[ov

er S

ind

h P

rovi

nce

] in

wat

er d

istr

ibu

tio

n.”

Nad

eem

(20

01);

So

lom

an (

2001

)

2001

Mac

edo

nia

Terr

ori

sm;

Mil

itar

y ta

rget

Yes

Wat

er fl

ow t

o K

um

anov

o (

po

pu

lati

on

100

,000

) is

cu

t o

ff f

or

twel

ve d

ays

in a

co

nfl

ict

bet

wee

n e

thn

ic A

lban

ian

s an

d M

aced

on

ian

fo

rces

. Val

ves

of

Gla

znja

an

d L

ipko

vo L

akes

ar

e d

amag

ed.

AF

P (

2001

);

Mac

edo

nia

In

form

atio

n

Age

ncy

(20

01)

2001

Ch

ina

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sIn

an

act

to

pro

test

th

e d

estr

uct

ion

of

fish

erie

s b

y u

nco

ntr

olle

d w

ater

po

lluti

on

, fi

sher

men

in n

ort

her

n J

iaxi

ng

Cit

y, Z

hej

ian

g P

rovi

nce

, dam

a la

rge

ind

ust

rial

w

aste

wat

er c

anal

fo

r tw

enty

-th

ree

day

s. T

he

was

tew

ater

dis

char

ges

into

th

e n

eigh

bo

rin

g Sh

engz

e To

wn

, Jia

ngs

u P

rovi

nce

, kil

lin

g fi

sh a

nd

th

reat

enin

g p

ub

lic

hea

lth

.

Ch

ina

Min

istr

y o

f Wat

er

Res

ou

rces

(20

01)

2001

Ph

ilip

pin

esTe

rro

rism

No

Th

e m

ilit

ant

Isla

mis

t se

par

atis

t gr

ou

p A

bu

Say

yaf

thre

aten

s to

po

iso

n t

he

wat

er s

up

ply

in

Isa

ble

la, a

mai

nly

Ch

rist

ian

tow

n o

n B

asil

an I

slan

d in

th

e co

un

try’

s so

uth

. In

O

cto

ber

, res

iden

ts in

six

nea

rby

villa

ges

susp

ect

con

tam

inat

ion

bec

ause

th

e w

ater

sm

ells

like

gas

oli

ne.

Lo

cal o

ffici

als

resp

on

d b

y cl

osi

ng

pip

elin

es a

nd

bri

ngi

ng

in

dri

nki

ng

wat

er b

y tr

uck

. In

th

e m

on

ths

follo

win

g th

e 9/

11 a

ttac

ks o

n N

ew Y

ork

, n

um

ero

us

fals

e al

arm

s o

f te

rro

rist

act

ivit

y ar

e re

po

rted

aro

un

d t

he

wo

rld

.

Wo

rld

E

nvi

ron

men

t N

ews

(200

1);

Fen

ton

et

al.

(200

1)

2001

Afg

han

ista

nM

ilit

ary

targ

etYe

sA

mer

ican

fo

rces

bo

mb

th

e h

ydro

elec

tric

fac

ilit

y at

Kaj

aki D

am in

Hel

man

d P

rovi

nce

, cu

ttin

g o

ff e

lect

rici

ty f

or

the

city

of

Kan

dah

ar. T

he

dam

itse

lf is

no

t ta

rget

ed.

BB

C (

2001

);

Parr

y (2

001)

2001

Po

kom

o

farm

ers

and

O

rma

catt

le

her

der

s

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sA

t le

ast

130

peo

ple

are

kil

led

in a

str

ing

of

clas

hes

bet

wee

n P

oko

mo

far

mer

s an

d O

rma

peo

ple

, sem

ino

mad

ic c

attl

e h

erd

ers,

ove

r ac

cess

to

lan

d a

nd

riv

er w

ater

.A

FP

(20

12)

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con

tin

ues

197

2002

Nep

alTe

rro

rism

; P

oli

tica

l to

ol

Yes

Th

e K

hu

mb

uw

an L

iber

atio

n F

ron

t (K

LF

) b

low

s u

p a

250

-kil

owat

t h

ydro

elec

tric

p

ower

ho

use

in N

epal

’s B

ho

jpu

r D

istr

ict,

cu

ttin

g o

ff p

ower

to

Bh

ojp

ur

and

su

rro

un

din

g ar

eas.

Th

e d

amag

e ta

kes

six

mo

nth

s to

rep

air

and

co

sts

10 m

illi

on

Rs

(US$

120,

000)

. D

uri

ng

2002

, Mao

ist

reb

els

des

troy

mo

re t

han

sev

en m

icro

-hyd

ro p

roje

cts,

a w

ater

su

pp

ly in

take

, an

d s

up

ply

pip

elin

es t

o K

hal

anga

, in

wes

tern

Nep

al.

Kat

hm

and

u P

ost

(200

2); F

TG

WR

(2

002)

2002

Ro

me,

Ita

lyTe

rro

rism

No

: Th

reat

Ital

ian

po

lice

arr

est

fou

r M

oro

ccan

s al

lege

dly

pla

nn

ing

to c

on

tam

inat

e th

e w

ater

su

pp

ly s

yste

m in

Ro

me

wit

h a

cya

nid

e-b

ased

ch

emic

al, t

arge

tin

g b

uil

din

gs t

hat

in

clu

de

the

Un

ited

Sta

tes

emb

assy

. Tie

s to

Al-

Qae

da

are

sugg

este

d.

BB

C (

2002

)

2002

Kas

hm

ir, I

nd

iaD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Yes

Two

peo

ple

are

kil

led

an

d t

wen

ty-fi

ve o

ther

s ar

e in

jure

d in

Kas

hm

ir w

hen

po

lice

fire

at

a gr

ou

p o

f vi

llage

rs c

lash

ing

over

wat

er s

har

ing.

Th

e in

cid

ent

take

s p

lace

in G

aren

d

villa

ge in

a d

isp

ute

ove

r sh

arin

g w

ater

fro

m a

n ir

riga

tio

n s

trea

m.

Jap

an T

imes

(2

002)

2002

Un

ited

Sta

tes

Terr

ori

smN

o: T

hre

atPa

per

s se

ized

du

rin

g th

e ar

rest

of

a L

eban

ese

imam

at

a m

osq

ue

in S

eatt

le in

clu

de

“in

stru

ctio

ns

on

po

iso

nin

g w

ater

so

urc

es”

fro

m a

Lo

nd

on

-bas

ed A

l-Q

aed

a re

cru

iter

. T

he

FB

I is

sues

a b

ulle

tin

to

co

mp

ute

r se

curi

ty e

xper

ts a

rou

nd

th

e co

un

try

ind

icat

ing

that

Al-

Qae

da

terr

ori

sts

may

hav

e b

een

stu

dyi

ng

Am

eric

an d

ams

and

wat

er s

up

ply

sy

stem

s in

pre

par

atio

n f

or

new

att

acks

. “U

.S. l

aw e

nfo

rcem

ent

and

inte

llige

nce

ag

enci

es h

ave

rece

ived

ind

icat

ion

s th

at a

l-Q

aed

a m

emb

ers

hav

e so

ugh

t in

form

atio

n

on

Su

per

viso

ry C

on

tro

l An

d D

ata

Acq

uis

itio

n (

SCA

DA

) sy

stem

s av

aila

ble

on

mu

ltip

le

SCA

DA

-rel

ated

Web

sit

es,”

rea

ds

the

bu

lleti

n, a

cco

rdin

g to

Sec

uri

tyFo

cus.

“T

hey

sp

ecifi

cally

so

ugh

t in

form

atio

n o

n w

ater

su

pp

ly a

nd

was

tew

ater

man

agem

ent

pra

ctic

es in

th

e U

.S. a

nd

ab

road

.”

McD

on

nel

l an

d

Mey

er (

2002

);

MSN

BC

(20

02)

2002

Co

lom

bia

Terr

ori

smYe

sC

olo

mb

ian

reb

els

in J

anu

ary

dam

age

a ga

te v

alve

in t

he

dam

th

at s

up

pli

es m

ost

of

Bo

gotá

’s d

rin

kin

g w

ater

. Th

e R

evo

luti

on

ary

Arm

ed F

orc

es o

f C

olo

mb

ia (

FAR

C)

det

on

ates

an

exp

losi

ve d

evic

e p

lan

ted

on

a G

erm

an-m

ade

gate

val

ve lo

cate

d in

sid

e a

tun

nel

in t

he

Ch

inga

za D

am.

Wat

erW

eek

(200

2)

2002

Kar

nat

aka,

Ta

mil

Nad

u,

Ind

ia

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sT

her

e is

co

nti

nu

ing

vio

len

ce o

ver

allo

cati

on

of

wat

er f

rom

th

e C

auve

ry (

Kav

eri)

Riv

er

bet

wee

n K

arn

atak

a an

d T

amil

Nad

u, w

ith

rio

ts, p

rop

erty

des

tru

ctio

n, m

ore

th

an t

hir

ty

inju

ries

, an

d a

rres

ts t

hro

ugh

Sep

tem

ber

an

d O

cto

ber

.

Th

e H

ind

u

(200

2a);

Th

e H

ind

u (

2002

b);

T

imes

of

Ind

ia

(200

2)

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Wat

er C

on

flic

t C

hro

no

logy

co

nti

nu

ed

Dat

e

Par

ties

Invo

lved

Bas

is

of

Co

nfl

ict

Vio

len

t C

on

flic

t

or

in t

he

Co

nte

xt o

f

Vio

len

ce?

Des

crip

tio

nSo

urc

es

198

2002

Un

ited

Sta

tes

Terr

ori

smN

o: T

hre

atT

he

Ear

th L

iber

atio

n F

ron

t th

reat

ens

the

wat

er s

up

ply

fo

r th

e to

wn

of W

inte

r Pa

rk, C

o.

Pre

vio

usl

y, t

his

gro

up

cla

imed

res

po

nsi

bil

ity

for

the

des

tru

ctio

n o

f a

ski l

od

ge in

Vai

l, C

olo

rad

o, t

hat

th

reat

ened

lyn

x h

abit

at.

Cre

cen

te (

2002

);

AP

(20

02)

2002

Bo

tsw

ana,

B

ush

men

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sB

ots

wan

a’s

pre

sid

ent,

Fes

tus

Mo

gae,

sen

ds

tro

op

s to

th

e K

alah

ari D

eser

t to

des

troy

w

ells

an

d e

mp

ty w

ater

so

urc

es o

f in

dig

eno

us

Kh

ois

an p

eop

le (

also

kn

own

as

Bu

shm

en),

ost

ensi

bly

in a

n e

ffo

rt t

o r

emov

e th

em f

rom

th

eir

ance

stra

l lan

ds

and

as

sim

ilat

e th

em in

to m

od

ern

so

ciet

y. C

riti

cs a

ccu

se t

he

gove

rnm

ent

of

taki

ng

away

w

ater

rig

hts

in f

avo

r o

f m

inin

g in

tere

sts

and

lab

el t

he

gove

rnm

ent’s

act

ion

s a

“sie

ge”;

B

ots

wan

a is

co

nd

emn

ed b

y in

tern

atio

nal

ob

serv

ers.

Aga

inst

exp

ecta

tio

ns,

a b

and

of

Bu

shm

en r

etre

at in

to t

he

des

ert

and

su

rviv

e fo

r ye

ars

wit

h li

ttle

ou

tsid

e as

sist

ance

.

Wo

rkm

an (

2009

)

2002

Bo

livi

an

irri

gato

rs,

tow

nsm

en

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sV

iole

nce

eru

pts

bet

wee

n ir

riga

tors

an

d t

he

tow

nsm

en o

f Tar

ata

over

th

e u

se o

f w

ater

fr

om

th

e L

aka

Lak

a D

am. A

fter

loca

l au

tho

riti

es b

egin

div

erti

ng

som

e w

ater

to

cu

ltiv

ate

gard

ens

in t

he

tow

n, i

rrig

ato

rs in

th

e d

own

stre

am a

rea

of

Arb

ieto

pro

test

th

at t

hei

r w

ater

rig

hts

are

bei

ng

vio

late

d. I

rrig

ato

rs d

estr

oy a

po

rtio

n o

f th

e to

wn’

s p

ipel

ine,

an

d

tow

nsm

en r

etal

iate

by

van

dal

izin

g p

art

of

an ir

riga

tio

n c

anal

.

Bu

stam

ante

et

al. (

2004

)

2003

Un

ited

Sta

tes

Terr

ori

smN

o: T

hre

atA

l-Q

aed

a th

reat

ens

US

wat

er s

yste

ms

via

a ca

ll to

a S

aud

i Ara

bia

n m

agaz

ine.

Al-

Qae

da

do

es n

ot “

rule

ou

t . .

. th

e p

ois

on

ing

of

dri

nki

ng

wat

er in

Am

eric

an a

nd

Wes

tern

cit

ies.

”A

P (

2003

b);

W

ater

man

(2

003)

; New

sMax

(2

003)

; US

Wat

er

New

s (2

003)

2003

Un

ited

Sta

tes

Terr

ori

smYe

sFo

ur

ince

nd

iary

dev

ices

are

fo

un

d in

th

e p

um

pin

g st

atio

n o

f a

Mic

hig

an w

ater

-bo

ttli

ng

pla

nt.

Th

e E

arth

Lib

erat

ion

Fro

nt

clai

ms

resp

on

sib

ilit

y, a

ccu

sin

g Ic

e M

ou

nta

in W

ater

C

om

pan

y o

f “st

eali

ng”

wat

er f

or

pro

fit.

Ice

Mo

un

tain

is a

su

bsi

dia

ry o

f N

estl

e W

ater

s.

AP

(20

03a)

2003

Co

lom

bia

Terr

ori

sm;

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

te

Yes

A b

om

b b

last

at

the

Cal

i Dri

nki

ng

Wat

er T

reat

men

t P

lan

t ki

lls t

hre

e w

ork

ers

on

May

8.

Th

e w

ork

ers

wer

e m

emb

ers

of

a tr

ade

un

ion

invo

lved

in in

ten

se n

ego

tiat

ion

s ov

er

pri

vati

zati

on

of

the

wat

er s

yste

m.

PSI

(20

03)

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con

tin

ues

199

2003

Jord

anTe

rro

rism

No

: Th

reat

Jord

ania

n a

uth

ori

ties

arr

est

Iraq

i age

nts

in c

on

nec

tio

n w

ith

a b

otc

hed

plo

t to

po

iso

n

the

wat

er s

up

ply

th

at s

erve

s A

mer

ican

tro

op

s in

th

e ea

ster

n J

ord

ania

n d

eser

t n

ear

the

bo

rder

wit

h I

raq

. Th

e sc

hem

e in

volv

es t

he

po

iso

nin

g o

f a

wat

er t

ank

that

su

pp

lies

A

mer

ican

so

ldie

rs a

t a

mil

itar

y b

ase

in K

hao

, wh

ich

lies

in a

n a

rid

reg

ion

of

the

east

ern

fr

on

tier

nea

r th

e in

du

stri

al t

own

of

Zar

qa.

MJS

(20

03)

2003

Iraq

, Un

ited

St

ates

, oth

ers

Mil

itar

y ta

rget

Yes

Du

rin

g th

e U

S-le

d in

vasi

on

of

Iraq

, wat

er s

yste

ms

are

rep

ort

edly

dam

aged

an

d

des

troy

ed b

y d

iffe

ren

t p

arti

es, a

nd

maj

or

dam

s ar

e m

ilit

ary

ob

ject

ives

of

the

US

forc

es.

Dam

age

dir

ectl

y at

trib

uta

ble

to

th

e w

ar in

clu

des

vas

t se

gmen

ts o

f th

e w

ater

d

istr

ibu

tio

n s

yste

m a

nd

th

e B

agh

dad

wat

er s

yste

m, d

amag

ed b

y a

mis

sile

.

UN

ICE

F (

2003

);

AR

C (

2003

)

2003

Iraq

Terr

ori

smYe

sIn

surg

ents

bo

mb

a m

ain

wat

er p

ipel

ine

in B

agh

dad

. Cit

y en

gin

eers

say

th

is is

th

e fi

rst

stri

ke a

gain

st B

agh

dad

’s w

ater

sys

tem

du

rin

g th

e Ir

aq W

ar, w

hic

h b

egan

in M

arch

200

3.

Th

e b

om

bin

g o

ccu

rs w

hen

an

exp

losi

ve is

fire

d a

t th

e si

x-fo

ot-

wid

e w

ater

mai

n in

th

e n

ort

her

n p

art

of

Bag

hd

ad, s

ays

Hay

der

Mu

ham

mad

, ch

ief

engi

nee

r fo

r th

e ci

ty’s

wat

er

trea

tmen

t p

lan

ts.

Tie

rney

an

d

Wo

rth

(20

03)

2003

–200

7Su

dan

, Dar

fur

Mil

itar

y to

ol;

Mil

itar

y ta

rget

; Te

rro

rism

Yes

Th

e o

ngo

ing

civi

l war

in S

ud

an in

clu

des

vio

len

ce a

gain

st w

ater

res

ou

rces

. In

200

3,

villa

gers

fro

m a

rou

nd

Tin

a sa

y th

at b

om

bin

gs h

ave

des

troy

ed w

ater

wel

ls. I

n K

has

an

Bas

ao, t

hey

alle

ge t

hat

wat

er w

ells

hav

e b

een

po

iso

ned

. In

200

4, w

ells

in D

arfu

r ar

e in

ten

tio

nal

ly c

on

tam

inat

ed a

s p

art

of

a st

rate

gy o

f h

aras

smen

t ag

ain

st d

isp

lace

d

po

pu

lati

on

s.

Am

nes

ty

Inte

rnat

ion

al

(200

4); R

eute

rs

(200

4b)

2004

Mex

ico

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sTw

o M

exic

an f

arm

ers

had

arg

ued

fo

r ye

ars

over

wat

er r

igh

ts t

o a

sm

all s

pri

ng

use

d t

o

irri

gate

a s

mal

l co

rn p

lot

nea

r th

e to

wn

of

Pih

uam

o. I

n M

arch

, th

ese

farm

ers

sho

ot

and

ki

ll ea

ch o

ther

.

Gu

ard

ian

(20

04)

2004

Paki

stan

Terr

ori

smYe

sIn

mil

itar

y ac

tio

n a

imed

at

Isla

mic

ter

rori

sts,

incl

ud

ing

Al-

Qae

da

and

th

e Is

lam

ic

Mov

emen

t o

f U

zbek

ista

n, h

om

es, s

cho

ols

, an

d w

ater

wel

ls a

re d

amag

ed a

nd

des

troy

ed.

Reu

ters

(20

04a)

2004

Ind

ia, K

ash

mir

Terr

ori

smYe

sTw

elve

In

dia

n s

ecu

rity

fo

rces

are

kil

led

by

an im

pro

vise

d e

xplo

sive

dev

ice

pla

nte

d in

an

un

der

gro

un

d w

ater

pip

e d

uri

ng

a “c

ou

nte

r-in

surg

ency

op

erat

ion

in K

han

abal

are

a in

An

antn

ag d

istr

ict.”

TN

N (

2004

)

2004

Ch

ina

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sTe

ns

of

tho

usa

nd

s o

f fa

rmer

s st

age

a si

t-in

aga

inst

th

e co

nst

ruct

ion

of

the

Pu

bu

gou

D

am o

n t

he

Dad

u R

iver

in S

ich

uan

Pro

vin

ce. R

iot

po

lice

are

dep

loye

d t

o q

uel

l th

e u

nre

st, a

nd

on

e p

erso

n is

kil

led

. Wit

nes

ses

also

rep

ort

th

e d

eath

s o

f a

nu

mb

er o

f re

sid

ents

. (Se

e C

hin

a, 2

006,

fo

r a

follo

w-u

p.)

BB

C (

2004

a);

VO

A (

2004

)

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Wat

er C

on

flic

t C

hro

no

logy

co

nti

nu

ed

Dat

e

Par

ties

Invo

lved

Bas

is

of

Co

nfl

ict

Vio

len

t C

on

flic

t

or

in t

he

Co

nte

xt o

f

Vio

len

ce?

Des

crip

tio

nSo

urc

es

200

2004

Ch

ina,

Un

ited

St

ates

Mil

itar

y ta

rget

No

A 2

004

Pen

tago

n r

epo

rt o

n C

hin

a’s

mil

itar

y ca

pac

ity

rais

es t

he

con

cep

t o

f Tai

pei

ad

op

tin

g m

ilit

ary

syst

ems

cap

able

of

bei

ng

use

d a

s a

too

l fo

r d

eter

rin

g C

hin

ese

mil

itar

y co

erci

on

by

“pre

sen

tin

g cr

edib

le t

hre

ats

to C

hin

a’s

urb

an p

op

ula

tio

n o

r h

igh

-va

lue

targ

ets,

su

ch a

s th

e T

hre

e G

org

es D

am.”

Ch

ina

pro

mp

tly

den

ou

nce

s “a

U.S

. su

gges

tio

n” t

hat

Tai

wan

’s m

ilit

ary

targ

et t

he

Th

ree

Go

rges

Dam

, lea

din

g th

e U

nit

ed

Stat

es t

o d

eny

that

it h

ad s

o u

rged

.

Ch

ina

Dai

ly

(200

4); U

S D

OD

(2

004)

2004

Sou

th A

fric

aD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Yes

Po

or

del

iver

y o

f w

ater

an

d s

anit

atio

n s

ervi

ces

in P

hu

mel

ela

Tow

nsh

ip le

ads

to s

ever

al

mo

nth

s o

f p

rote

sts.

No

on

e is

kil

led

du

rin

g th

e p

rote

sts,

bu

t a

few

peo

ple

are

ser

iou

sly

inju

red

, an

d m

un

icip

al p

rop

erty

is d

amag

ed.

CD

E (

2007

)

2004

Gaz

a St

rip

Terr

ori

sm;

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

te

Yes

Th

e U

nit

ed S

tate

s h

alts

tw

o w

ater

dev

elo

pm

ent

pro

ject

s as

pu

nis

hm

ent

to t

he

Pale

stin

ian

Au

tho

rity

fo

r it

s fa

ilu

re t

o fi

nd

th

ose

res

po

nsi

ble

fo

r a

dea

dly

att

ack

on

a U

S d

iplo

mat

ic c

on

voy

in O

cto

ber

200

3.

AP

(20

04)

2004

Ind

iaD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Yes

Fou

r p

eop

le a

re k

ille

d in

Oct

ob

er a

nd

mo

re t

han

th

irty

are

inju

red

in N

ovem

ber

in

on

goin

g p

rote

sts

by

farm

ers

over

allo

cati

on

s o

f w

ater

fro

m t

he

Ind

ira

Gan

dh

i Irr

igat

ion

C

anal

in S

riga

nga

nag

ar D

istr

ict,

wh

ich

bo

rder

s Pa

kist

an. A

uth

ori

ties

imp

ose

cu

rfew

s o

n t

he

tow

ns

of

Gh

arsa

na,

Rao

la, a

nd

An

oo

pga

rh.

Ind

o-A

sian

New

s Se

rvic

e (2

004)

2004

–200

6E

thio

pia

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sA

t le

ast

250

peo

ple

are

kil

led

an

d m

any

mo

re a

re in

jure

d in

cla

shes

ove

r w

ater

wel

ls

and

pas

tora

l lan

ds.

Vil

lage

rs c

all t

he

clas

hes

th

e “W

ar o

f th

e W

ell”

an

d d

escr

ibe

“wel

l w

arlo

rds,

wel

l wid

ows,

an

d w

ell w

arri

ors

.” A

th

ree-

year

dro

ugh

t h

as le

d t

o e

xten

sive

vi

ole

nce

ove

r li

mit

ed w

ater

res

ou

rces

, wo

rsen

ed b

y th

e la

ck o

f ef

fect

ive

gove

rnm

enta

l an

d c

entr

al p

lan

nin

g.

BB

C (

2004

b);

AP

(2

005)

; Wax

(2

006)

2005

Ken

yaD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Yes

Po

lice

are

sen

t to

th

e n

ort

hw

este

rn p

art

of

Ken

ya t

o c

on

tro

l a m

ajo

r vi

ole

nt

dis

pu

te

bet

wee

n K

iku

yu a

nd

Maa

sai g

rou

ps

over

wat

er. M

ore

th

an t

wen

ty p

eop

le a

re k

ille

d in

fi

ghti

ng

in J

anu

ary.

By

July

, th

e d

eath

to

ll ex

ceed

s n

inet

y, p

rin

cip

ally

in t

he

rura

l cen

ter

of T

urb

i. T

he

ten

sio

ns

aro

se o

ver

graz

ing

and

wat

er. M

aasa

i her

dsm

en a

ccu

sed

a lo

cal

Kik

uyu

po

liti

cian

of

div

erti

ng

a ri

ver

to ir

riga

te h

is f

arm

, dep

rivi

ng

dow

nst

ream

li

vest

ock

. Fig

hti

ng

dis

pla

ces

mo

re t

han

2,0

00 v

illa

gers

, refl

ecti

ng

ten

sio

ns

bet

wee

n

no

mad

ic a

nd

set

tled

co

mm

un

itie

s.

BB

C (

2005

); R

yu

(200

5); L

ane

(200

5)

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con

tin

ues

201

2005

Ukr

ain

eTe

rro

rism

Yes

On

Ap

ril 1

3, t

he

Kie

v H

ydro

pow

er S

tati

on

on

th

e D

nie

per

Riv

er r

ecei

ves

a th

reat

th

at

fort

y ra

il c

ars

fille

d w

ith

exp

losi

ves

hav

e b

een

pla

ced

on

a p

ort

ion

of

leve

es h

old

ing

bac

k th

e re

serv

oir

.

Lev

itsk

y (2

005)

2006

Yem

enD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Yes

Lo

cal m

edia

rep

ort

a s

tru

ggle

bet

wee

n t

he

Haj

ja a

nd

Am

ran

tri

bes

ove

r a

wel

l lo

cate

d

bet

wee

n t

he

two

gov

ern

ora

tes

in Y

emen

. Acc

ord

ing

to n

ews

rep

ort

s, a

rmed

cla

shes

b

etw

een

th

e tw

o s

ides

fo

rce

man

y fa

mil

ies

to le

ave

thei

r h

om

es a

nd

mig

rate

. New

s re

po

rts

con

firm

th

at a

uth

ori

ties

hav

e ar

rest

ed t

wen

ty p

eop

le in

an

att

emp

t to

sto

p t

he

figh

tin

g.

Al-

Ari

qi (

2006

)

2006

Ch

ina

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sC

hin

ese

auth

ori

ties

exe

cute

a m

an w

ho

to

ok

par

t in

pro

test

s ag

ain

st t

he

Pu

bu

gou

Dam

in

Sic

hu

an P

rovi

nce

in 2

004

(see

th

e 20

04 C

hin

a en

try)

. Ch

en T

ao w

as c

on

vict

ed o

f ki

llin

g a

po

lice

man

bu

t is

exe

cute

d b

efo

re le

gal a

pp

eals

are

co

mp

lete

d.

BB

C (

2006

a);

Co

on

an (

2006

)

2006

Eth

iop

iaD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Yes

At

leas

t tw

elve

peo

ple

die

an

d o

ver

twen

ty a

re w

ou

nd

ed in

cla

shes

ove

r w

ater

an

d

pas

ture

in t

he

Som

ali b

ord

er r

egio

n.

BB

C (

2006

b)

2006

Eth

iop

ia a

nd

K

enya

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sA

t le

ast

fort

y p

eop

le d

ie in

Ken

ya a

nd

Eth

iop

ia in

co

nti

nu

ing

clas

hes

ove

r w

ater

, li

vest

ock

, an

d g

razi

ng

lan

d. F

igh

tin

g ta

kes

pla

ce in

so

uth

ern

Eth

iop

ia in

th

e re

gio

n o

f O

rom

o a

nd

in t

he

no

rth

ern

Ken

ya M

arsa

bit

Dis

tric

t.

Reu

ters

(20

06)

2006

Sri L

anka

Mil

itar

y to

ol;

Mil

itar

y ta

rget

; Te

rro

rism

Yes

Tam

il T

iger

reb

els

cut

the

wat

er s

up

ply

to

gov

ern

men

t-h

eld

vil

lage

s in

no

rth

east

ern

Sri

L

anka

. Sri

Lan

kan

gov

ern

men

tal f

orc

es t

hen

lau

nch

att

acks

on

th

e re

serv

oir

, dec

lari

ng

the

Tam

il a

ctio

ns

to b

e te

rro

rism

. As

of

Au

gust

, co

nfl

ict

aro

un

d t

he

wat

er b

lock

ade

had

cl

aim

ed o

ver

425

live

s.

BB

C (

2006

c);

BB

C (

2006

d);

G

uti

erre

z (2

006)

2006

Isra

el,

Leb

ano

nM

ilit

ary

targ

et;

Terr

ori

smYe

sH

ezb

olla

h r

ock

ets

dam

age

a w

aste

wat

er p

lan

t in

Isr

ael.

Isra

eli c

ou

nte

ratt

acks

dam

age

wat

er s

yste

ms

thro

ugh

ou

t so

uth

ern

Leb

ano

n, i

ncl

ud

ing

tan

ks, p

ipes

, pu

mp

ing

stat

ion

s, a

nd

fac

ilit

ies

alo

ng

the

Lit

ani R

iver

.

Scie

nce

(20

06);

A

mn

esty

In

tern

atio

nal

(2

006)

; Mu

rph

y (2

006)

2006

Sud

anD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Yes

Mil

itia

of

the

Mer

owe

Dam

Mil

itia

Im

ple

men

tati

on

Un

it in

Su

dan

att

ack

a ga

ther

ing

of

villa

gers

co

nce

rned

ab

ou

t th

e co

mm

un

ity

imp

acts

of

the

dam

at

a sc

ho

ol i

n A

mri

vi

llage

, kil

lin

g th

ree

farm

ers

and

inju

rin

g m

ore

th

an fi

fty

oth

ers.

Bo

ssh

ard

(20

09)

2007

Ind

iaD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Yes

Th

ou

san

ds

of

farm

ers

bre

ach

sec

uri

ty a

nd

sto

rm t

he

area

of

Hir

aku

d D

am t

o p

rote

st

allo

cati

on

of

wat

er t

o in

du

stry

. Min

or

inju

ries

are

rep

ort

ed d

uri

ng

the

con

flic

t b

etw

een

th

e fa

rmer

s an

d p

oli

ce.

Stat

esm

an N

ews

Serv

ice

(200

7)

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er C

on

flic

t C

hro

no

logy

co

nti

nu

ed

Dat

e

Par

ties

Invo

lved

Bas

is

of

Co

nfl

ict

Vio

len

t C

on

flic

t

or

in t

he

Co

nte

xt o

f

Vio

len

ce?

Des

crip

tio

nSo

urc

es

202

2007

Afg

han

ista

nM

ilit

ary

targ

et;

Terr

ori

smYe

sT

he

Kaj

aki D

am is

th

e sc

ene

of

maj

or

figh

tin

g b

etw

een

Tal

iban

an

d N

ATO

fo

rces

, m

ain

ly B

riti

sh a

nd

Du

tch

. Th

e Ta

lib

an is

att

emp

tin

g to

mak

e it

imp

oss

ible

to

wo

rk o

n

reco

nst

ruct

ion

of

the

dam

an

d p

ower

lin

es t

o b

oo

st o

utp

ut.

Frie

l (20

07)

2007

Can

ada

Terr

ori

smN

oA

To

ron

to m

an p

revi

ou

sly

accu

sed

of

atte

mp

ted

mu

rder

an

d il

lega

l po

sses

sio

n o

f ex

plo

sive

s is

ch

arge

d w

ith

eig

ht

mo

re c

ou

nts

of

atte

mp

ted

mu

rder

aft

er a

llege

dly

ta

mp

erin

g w

ith

bo

ttle

d w

ater

, wh

ich

he

inje

cted

wit

h a

n u

nsp

ecifi

ed li

qu

id.

Toro

nto

Sta

r (2

007)

2007

Bu

rkin

a Fa

so,

Gh

ana,

te

d’I

voir

e

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sD

ecli

nin

g ra

infa

ll h

as le

d t

o g

row

ing

figh

ts b

etw

een

an

imal

her

der

s an

d f

arm

ers

wit

h

com

pet

ing

nee

ds.

In

Au

gust

, 200

7 p

eop

le a

re f

orc

ed t

o fl

ee t

hei

r h

om

es b

y fi

ghti

ng

in

Zo

un

weo

go P

rovi

nce

.

UN

OC

HA

(20

07)

2007

Isra

el,

Pale

stin

eD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

No

Isra

el’s

san

ctio

ns

agai

nst

Gaz

a ca

use

wat

er s

ho

rtag

es a

nd

a g

row

ing

pu

bli

c h

ealt

h r

isk.

In

par

ticu

lar,

res

tric

tio

ns

on

fu

el, s

par

e p

arts

, an

d m

ain

ten

ance

eq

uip

men

t th

reat

en

the

fun

ctio

nin

g o

f G

aza’

s al

read

y li

mit

ed w

ater

an

d s

anit

atio

n s

yste

m.

Oxf

am (

2007

)

2007

Syd

ney

re

sid

ents

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sA

th

irty

-six

-yea

r-o

ld A

ust

rali

an is

ch

arge

d w

ith

mu

rder

aft

er k

illi

ng

a m

an d

uri

ng

a fi

ght

over

wat

er r

estr

icti

on

s in

Syd

ney

. A n

um

ber

of

inci

den

ts h

ave

bee

n r

epo

rted

fo

llow

ing

ten

yea

rs o

f d

rou

ght

and

wat

er r

estr

icti

on

s, le

adin

g sc

ho

lars

to

su

gges

t a

“lin

k b

etw

een

per

sist

ent

urb

an w

ater

res

tric

tio

ns

and

civ

il u

nre

st.”

AB

C N

ews

(200

7); C

rase

(2

009)

2007

Sud

anD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Yes

An

gry

villa

gers

in S

ud

an s

tage

pro

test

s ag

ain

st K

ajb

ar D

am; f

ou

r vi

llage

rs a

re k

ille

d b

y go

vern

men

tal m

ilit

ia.

Bo

ssh

ard

(20

09)

2008

Nig

eria

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sA

pro

test

ove

r th

e p

rice

of

wat

er in

Nya

nya

, Ab

uja

, Nig

eria

, res

ult

s in

vio

len

ce,

incl

ud

ing

the

bea

tin

g o

f w

ater

ven

do

rs.

Yaku

bu

(20

08)

2008

Ch

ina,

Tib

etM

ilit

ary

targ

et;

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

te

Yes

Ch

ina

lau

nch

es a

po

liti

cal c

rack

dow

n in

Tib

et. A

t le

ast

som

e o

bse

rver

s n

ote

th

e im

po

rtan

ce o

f Tib

et f

or

the

wat

er r

eso

urc

es o

f C

hin

a, t

ho

ugh

th

e p

oli

tica

l co

mp

lica

tio

ns

bet

wee

n T

ibet

an

d C

hin

a ex

ten

d f

ar b

eyo

nd

wat

er. A

s n

ote

d: “

Tib

et is

re

ferr

ed t

o in

so

me

circ

les

as t

he

‘wo

rld

’s w

ater

tow

er’;

the

Tib

etan

pla

teau

is h

om

e to

va

st r

eser

ves

of

glac

iate

d w

ater

, th

e so

urc

es o

f 10

of

the

larg

est

rive

rs in

Asi

a, in

clu

din

g th

e Ye

llow

, Yan

gtze

, Mek

on

g, B

rah

map

utr

a, S

alw

een

, Hin

du

s an

d S

utl

ej a

mo

ng

oth

ers.

B

y so

me

esti

mat

es, t

he

Tib

etan

pla

teau

is t

he

sou

rce

of

fres

h w

ater

fo

r fu

lly a

qu

arte

r o

f th

e w

orl

d’s

po

pu

lati

on

.”

Shar

ife

(200

8)

Page 31: WATER BRiEf 4 Water Conflict Chronology

con

tin

ues

203

2008

Paki

stan

Terr

ori

smYe

sIn

Oct

ob

er, t

he

Tali

ban

th

reat

ens

to b

low

up

War

sak

Dam

, th

e m

ain

wat

er s

up

ply

fo

r P

esh

awar

, du

rin

g a

gove

rnm

enta

l off

ensi

ve in

th

e re

gio

n.

Per

lez

and

Sh

ah

(200

8)

2008

Mu

rulle

, Gar

re

clan

sD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Yes

Fig

hti

ng

over

bo

reh

ole

s in

ari

d n

ort

her

n K

enya

kil

ls a

t le

ast

fou

r p

eop

le a

s co

mp

etit

ion

fo

r re

sou

rces

gro

ws

in t

he

dro

ugh

t-h

it r

egio

n b

etw

een

th

e M

uru

lle a

nd

Gar

re c

lan

s in

E

lwak

, Man

der

a D

istr

ict.

Reu

ters

(20

08)

2009

Ch

ina,

In

dia

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

te; M

ilit

ary

too

l

No

Ch

ina

clai

ms

a p

art

of

his

tori

cal T

ibet

th

at is

now

un

der

In

dia

n c

on

tro

l as

par

t o

f th

e st

ate

of

Aru

nac

hal

Pra

des

h. T

o in

flu

ence

th

is t

erri

tori

al d

isp

ute

, Ch

ina

trie

s to

blo

ck a

$2

.9 b

illi

on

Asi

an D

evel

op

men

t B

ank

loan

to

In

dia

bec

ause

it w

ou

ld h

elp

fin

ance

In

dia

n w

ater

pro

ject

s in

th

e d

isp

ute

d a

rea.

Wo

ng

(200

9)

2009

Eth

iop

ian

O

rom

ia,

Som

ali r

egio

ns

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sE

thio

pia

n S

om

alis

att

ack

a B

ora

na

com

mu

nit

y in

th

e O

rom

ia r

egio

n o

ver

own

ersh

ip o

f a

new

bo

reh

ole

bei

ng

dri

lled

on

th

e d

isp

ute

d b

ord

er b

etw

een

th

em. T

hre

e p

eop

le f

rom

th

e O

rom

ia v

illa

ge o

f K

afa

are

kille

d a

nd

sev

en a

re in

jure

d, a

nd

th

e en

tire

co

mm

un

ity

is d

rive

n f

rom

th

eir

ho

mes

. Th

e d

rilli

ng

rig

is d

estr

oyed

.

BB

C (

2009

)

2009

Ind

ian

cit

izen

sD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Yes

A f

amil

y in

Mad

hya

Pra

des

h S

tate

in I

nd

ia is

kil

led

by

a sm

all m

ob

fo

r il

lega

lly d

raw

ing

wat

er f

rom

a m

un

icip

al p

ipe.

Oth

ers

run

to

co

llect

wat

er f

or

them

selv

es b

efo

re t

he

wat

er in

th

e p

ipe

run

s o

ut.

Dro

ugh

t an

d in

equ

alit

y in

wat

er d

istr

ibu

tio

n le

ad t

o

incr

easi

ng

con

flic

t in

th

e re

gio

n. I

nd

ian

med

ia r

epo

rt m

ore

th

an fi

fty

vio

len

t cl

ash

es in

th

e st

ate

cap

ital

, Bh

op

al, d

uri

ng

May

alo

ne.

Sin

ce J

anu

ary,

tw

elve

peo

ple

hav

e b

een

ki

lled

an

d e

ven

mo

re h

ave

bee

n in

jure

d.

Sin

gh (

2009

)

2009

Mu

mb

ai

resi

den

ts,

po

lice

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sP

oli

ce c

lash

wit

h h

un

dre

ds

of

Mu

mb

ai r

esid

ents

pro

test

ing

wat

er c

uts

. On

e m

an is

ki

lled

, an

d a

doz

en o

ther

s ar

e in

jure

d. M

um

bai

au

tho

riti

es a

re f

orc

ed t

o r

atio

n s

up

pli

es

afte

r th

e w

ors

t m

on

soo

n s

easo

n in

dec

ades

.

Ch

and

ran

(20

09)

2009

No

rth

Ko

rea,

So

uth

Ko

rea

Po

liti

cal t

oo

lYe

sW

ith

ou

t p

revi

ou

s w

arn

ing,

No

rth

Ko

rea

rele

ases

40

mil

lio

n c

ub

ic m

eter

s o

f w

ater

fro

m

the

Hw

angg

ag D

am, c

ausi

ng

a fl

ash

flo

od

on

th

e Im

jin

Riv

er. I

n S

ou

th K

ore

a, a

t le

ast

six

fish

erm

en a

nd

cam

per

s d

row

n. N

ort

h K

ore

a cl

aim

s th

at t

he

wat

er h

ad t

o b

e u

rgen

tly

rele

ased

an

d p

rom

ises

to

war

n t

he

Sou

th o

f fu

ture

rel

ease

s. S

ou

th K

ore

a fe

ars

that

No

rth

Ko

rea

cou

ld u

se t

he

wat

er o

f th

e d

am a

s a

wea

po

n d

uri

ng

a vi

ole

nt

con

flic

t.

Ch

oe

(200

9)

2010

Paki

stan

i tr

ibes

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

te; M

ilit

ary

too

l

Yes

Mo

re t

han

on

e h

un

dre

d a

re d

ead

an

d s

core

s ar

e in

jure

d f

ollo

win

g tw

o w

eeks

of

trib

al

figh

tin

g in

Par

ach

inar

, in

th

e K

urr

am r

egio

n o

f Pa

kist

an n

ear

the

Afg

han

ista

n b

ord

er.

Th

e co

nfl

ict

over

irri

gati

on

wat

er b

egan

as

the

Shal

ozan

Tan

gi t

rib

e cu

t o

ff s

up

pli

es t

o

the

Shal

ozan

tri

be.

So

me

rep

ort

th

at A

l-Q

aed

a m

ay b

e in

volv

ed; o

ther

s cl

aim

th

at

sect

aria

n v

iole

nce

is t

o b

lam

e, a

s o

ne

gro

up

is S

un

ni M

usl

im a

nd

th

e o

ther

Sh

iite

.

Exp

ress

Tri

bun

e (2

010)

; AP

(20

10)

Page 32: WATER BRiEf 4 Water Conflict Chronology

Wat

er C

on

flic

t C

hro

no

logy

co

nti

nu

ed

Dat

e

Par

ties

Invo

lved

Bas

is

of

Co

nfl

ict

Vio

len

t C

on

flic

t

or

in t

he

Co

nte

xt o

f

Vio

len

ce?

Des

crip

tio

nSo

urc

es

204

2010

Afg

han

ista

nTe

rro

rism

Yes

A r

emo

te-c

on

tro

lled

bo

mb

hid

den

in a

wat

er t

ruck

kil

ls t

hre

e p

eop

le, i

ncl

ud

ing

two

ch

ild

ren

, in

th

e ea

ster

n A

fgh

an p

rovi

nce

of

Kh

ost

, wh

ich

bo

rder

s Pa

kist

an.

AP

(20

09)

2010

Paki

stan

i M

anga

l, To

ri

trib

es

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sA

wat

er d

isp

ute

in P

akis

tan’

s tr

ibal

reg

ion

lead

s to

116

dea

ths.

In

ear

ly S

epte

mb

er, t

he

Man

gal t

rib

e cu

ts o

ff t

he

sup

ply

of

irri

gati

on

wat

er t

o la

nd

s u

sed

by

the

nei

ghb

ori

ng

Tori

tri

be,

lead

ing

to fi

ghti

ng.

CN

N (

2010

)

2010

Ind

iaD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Yes

A p

rote

st o

ver

wat

er s

ho

rtag

es in

th

e N

atio

nal

Cap

ital

Ter

rito

ry o

f D

elh

i in

In

dia

lead

s to

vio

len

ce. E

rrat

ic w

ater

su

pp

ly a

nd

cu

toff

s in

th

e K

on

dli

are

a o

f M

ayu

r V

ihar

in E

ast

Del

hi c

ause

a v

iole

nt

pro

test

an

d s

ever

al in

juri

es.

Go

sh (

2010

)

2010

Gu

atem

ala

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sTw

o u

nid

enti

fied

gu

nm

en o

n a

mo

torb

ike

sho

ot

an a

ctiv

ist

pro

test

ing

the

imp

acts

of

min

ing

on

wat

er q

ual

ity

and

loca

l wat

er r

igh

ts.

Am

nes

ty

Inte

rnat

ion

al

(201

2)

2010

Pro

test

ors

, au

tho

riti

es in

In

dia

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sA

t le

ast

thre

e d

eath

s an

d d

ozen

s o

f in

juri

es a

re r

epo

rted

du

rin

g p

rote

sts

over

lan

d a

nd

w

ater

giv

en a

way

fo

r a

pow

er p

lan

t in

So

mp

eta,

in S

rika

kula

m D

istr

ict

in A

nd

hra

P

rad

esh

, In

dia

.

Th

e H

ind

u

(201

0)

2011

Yem

enM

ilit

ary

targ

etYe

sV

iole

nce

in Y

emen

’s c

apit

al, S

ana’

a, le

ads

to “

acu

te w

ater

an

d p

ower

sh

ort

ages

, fo

rcin

g re

sid

ents

to

rel

y o

n p

ower

gen

erat

ors

an

d b

uy

wat

er e

xtra

cted

fro

m w

ells

an

d s

old

on

a

thri

vin

g b

lack

mar

ket.”

Th

e vi

ole

nce

ari

ses

du

rin

g th

e Ye

men

i up

risi

ng

du

rin

g th

e A

rab

Sp

rin

g p

rote

sts

acro

ss t

he

Mid

dle

Eas

t. D

uri

ng

the

vio

len

ce, g

over

nm

enta

l so

ldie

rs

shel

l nei

ghb

orh

oo

ds

and

des

troy

man

y ro

oft

op

wat

er t

anks

.

Shah

(20

12)

2011

Solo

mo

n

Isla

nd

sD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Yes

Am

nes

ty I

nte

rnat

ion

al r

epo

rts

that

wo

men

in t

he

slu

ms

of

the

Solo

mo

n I

slan

ds

mu

st

wal

k m

ore

th

an a

kil

om

eter

to

fet

ch c

lean

wat

er a

nd

are

“co

nti

nu

ally

har

asse

d,

atta

cked

, an

d r

aped

.” A

su

rvey

sh

ows

that

92

per

cen

t o

f h

ou

seh

old

s d

o n

ot

hav

e a

tap

in

th

eir

ho

me

and

th

at lo

cal w

ater

so

urc

es a

re o

ften

po

llute

d, f

orc

ing

wo

men

to

wal

k th

rou

gh u

nsa

fe a

reas

.

Am

nes

ty

Inte

rnat

ion

al

(201

1)

2011

Isra

el,

Pale

stin

ian

sD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

; Mil

itar

y ta

rget

Yes

Isra

el’s

mil

itar

y d

estr

oys

nin

e w

ater

tan

ks in

th

e B

edo

uin

vil

lage

of

Am

niy

r in

th

e So

uth

H

ebro

n H

ills

in t

he

Wes

t B

ank,

Pal

esti

ne.

Lat

er, s

old

iers

des

troy

pu

mp

s an

d w

ells

in t

he

Jord

an V

alle

y vi

llage

s o

f A

l-N

asar

yah

, Al-

Akr

aban

yah

, an

d B

eit

Has

san

.

Ab

ura

wa

(201

1)

2011

Isra

el,

Pale

stin

eD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

; Mil

itar

y ta

rget

Yes

Isra

elis

fro

m n

earb

y se

ttle

men

ts a

ttac

k Q

asra

, a W

est

Ban

k vi

llage

of

6,00

0, d

estr

oyin

g cr

op

s an

d a

wat

er w

ell.

Att

acke

rs p

revi

ou

sly

bu

rned

dow

n a

mo

squ

e an

d d

amag

ed

hu

nd

red

s o

f o

live

tre

es.

Bsh

arat

an

d

Ram

adan

(20

11)

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con

tin

ues

205

2011

–201

2Sy

ria

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

te; M

ilit

ary

goal

Yes

Seve

re p

oli

tica

l co

nfl

ict

in S

yria

has

bee

n a

ggra

vate

d b

y th

e m

ult

iyea

r d

rou

ght

grip

pin

g th

e re

gio

n. M

ore

th

an 1

.5 m

illi

on

peo

ple

—m

ost

ly f

arm

ers

and

th

eir

fam

ilie

s—h

ave

mov

ed t

o c

itie

s an

d t

hei

r o

uts

kirt

s. I

n 2

008,

US

dip

lom

ats

in S

yria

war

ned

th

at t

he

infl

ux

of

rura

l peo

ple

to

cit

ies

“co

uld

act

as

a m

ult

ipli

er o

n s

oci

al a

nd

eco

no

mic

p

ress

ure

s al

read

y at

pla

y an

d u

nd

erm

ine

stab

ilit

y in

Syr

ia.”

Po

liti

cal u

nre

st b

egin

s in

M

arch

201

1 in

Dar

a’a

and

so

on

esc

alat

es in

to c

ivil

war

as

ou

ster

s se

ek t

o o

vert

urn

th

e re

gim

e o

f P

resi

den

t B

ash

ar a

l-A

ssad

an

d t

he

ruli

ng

Ba’

ath

Par

ty.

Mo

hta

di (

2012

);

Wo

rth

(20

10);

Fe

mia

an

d

Wer

rell

(201

2)

2012

Lib

yaM

ilit

ary

too

lYe

sD

uri

ng

the

2011

Lib

yan

Civ

il W

ar, f

orc

es lo

yal t

o d

icta

tor

Mu

amm

ar G

add

afi g

ain

co

ntr

ol o

f a

wat

er o

per

atio

ns

cen

ter

and

cu

t o

ff w

ater

su

pp

ly t

o t

he

cap

ital

. Th

e sy

stem

co

ntr

ols

Lib

ya’s

“G

reat

Man

mad

e R

iver

”—a

syst

em o

f p

um

ps,

pip

es, a

nd

can

als

that

b

rin

gs w

ater

fro

m d

ista

nt

aqu

ifer

s to

Tri

po

li a

nd

oth

er c

itie

s. H

alf

the

cou

ntr

y is

left

w

ith

ou

t ru

nn

ing

wat

er, p

rom

pti

ng

the

Un

ited

Nat

ion

s an

d n

eigh

bo

rin

g co

un

trie

s to

m

ob

iliz

e ta

nke

r sh

ips

to d

eliv

er w

ater

to

co

asta

l cit

ies.

Cir

cle

of

Blu

e (2

011)

; UP

I (2

011)

2012

Afg

han

ista

nTe

rro

rism

Yes

Up

to

150

sch

oo

lgir

ls a

re r

epo

rted

sic

ken

ed b

y p

ois

on

in a

sch

oo

l wat

er s

up

ply

in a

n

inte

nti

on

al a

ttac

k th

ou

ght

to h

ave

bee

n c

arri

ed o

ut

by

reli

gio

us

con

serv

ativ

es o

pp

ose

d

to t

he

edu

cati

on

of

wo

men

.

Ham

id (

2012

)

2012

Afg

han

ista

nTe

rro

rism

Yes

Seve

n c

hil

dre

n a

re k

ille

d b

y a

bo

mb

th

ou

ght

to h

ave

bee

n in

ten

ded

fo

r A

fgh

an p

oli

ce

and

pla

nte

d a

t a

fres

hw

ater

sp

rin

g in

Gh

or

Pro

vin

ce.

Shah

(20

12)

2012

Afg

han

ista

nM

ilit

ary

targ

et;

Terr

ori

smYe

sIs

lam

ist

mil

itan

ts e

xecu

te m

ilit

ia m

emb

ers

def

end

ing

the

Mac

hal

gho

Dam

in e

aste

rn

Afg

han

ista

n. T

he

dam

is b

ein

g d

evel

op

ed f

or

irri

gati

on

an

d lo

cal p

ower

su

pp

ly. T

his

d

isp

ute

is o

ne

of

seve

ral s

urr

ou

nd

ing

the

inte

rnat

ion

al w

ater

s o

f A

fgh

anis

tan

, Ira

n, a

nd

Pa

kist

an, w

hic

h s

har

e se

vera

l riv

ers.

Mas

hal

(20

12)

2012

Ind

iaD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Yes

Th

ou

san

ds

of

farm

ers

in K

arn

atak

a tr

y to

pre

ven

t th

e re

leas

e o

f w

ater

fro

m t

wo

dam

s (K

rish

na

Raj

a Sa

gar

and

Kab

ini)

on

th

e C

auve

ry R

iver

. In

juri

es t

o p

rote

sto

rs a

nd

po

lice

ar

e re

po

rted

. Th

e w

ater

rel

ease

s w

ere

ord

ered

by

the

Sup

rem

e C

ou

rt o

f In

dia

, wh

ich

re

qu

ired

Kar

nat

aka

to d

eliv

er w

ater

to

th

e d

own

stre

am s

tate

of T

amil

Nad

u d

esp

ite

seve

re d

rou

ght.

Th

e d

isp

ute

co

nti

nu

es la

ter

in t

he

year

wh

en K

arn

atak

a ag

ain

hal

ts

rele

ases

.

Cir

cle

of

Blu

e (2

012)

; In

dia

n

Exp

ress

(20

12)

2012

Ind

iaD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Yes

Scu

ffles

an

d p

rote

sts

bre

ak o

ut

aro

un

d N

ew D

elh

i du

rin

g th

e su

mm

er a

s re

sid

ents

su

rro

un

d w

ater

del

iver

y tr

uck

s an

d fi

ght

over

wat

er. T

he

sum

mer

is t

he

ho

ttes

t in

th

irty

-th

ree

year

s, le

adin

g to

ext

ensi

ve e

ner

gy a

nd

wat

er s

ho

rtag

es.

Reu

ters

(20

12a)

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Wat

er C

on

flic

t C

hro

no

logy

co

nti

nu

ed

Dat

e

Par

ties

Invo

lved

Bas

is

of

Co

nfl

ict

Vio

len

t C

on

flic

t

or

in t

he

Co

nte

xt o

f

Vio

len

ce?

Des

crip

tio

nSo

urc

es

206

2012

Ind

ia, P

akis

tan

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

te; M

ilit

ary

targ

et

Yes

Vio

len

ce e

rup

ts in

th

e la

test

eve

nt

in t

he

dis

pu

te b

etw

een

Pak

ista

n a

nd

In

dia

ove

r th

e w

ater

s o

f th

e In

du

s R

iver

bas

in. P

akis

tan

i mil

itan

ts a

ttac

k an

d s

abo

tage

wat

er s

yste

ms,

fl

oo

d p

rote

ctio

n w

ork

s, a

nd

dam

s in

th

e W

ulla

r L

ake

regi

on

of

no

rth

ern

Kas

hm

ir. T

hey

at

tack

en

gin

eers

an

d w

ork

ers

and

det

on

ate

exp

losi

ves

at t

he

un

fin

ish

ed T

ulb

ul

Nav

igat

ion

Lo

ck/W

ulla

r D

am. P

akis

tan

cla

ims

the

new

dam

vio

late

s th

e In

du

s W

ater

Tr

eaty

by

cutt

ing

flow

s to

Pak

ista

n.

Ul H

assa

n (

2012

)

2012

Bra

zil

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sB

razi

l’s f

eder

al p

oli

ce r

esp

on

d t

o r

epo

rts

that

wat

er u

sed

by

the

ind

igen

ou

s G

uar

ani-

Kai

owa

trib

e h

as b

een

po

iso

ned

by

nea

rby

lan

dow

ner

s at

tem

pti

ng

to g

ain

co

ntr

ol o

ver

dis

pu

ted

lan

d. S

ince

200

9, t

he

dis

pu

te h

as le

d t

o t

he

dea

ths

of

thre

e tr

ibes

men

; tr

ibes

men

say

th

e w

ater

ru

ns

thro

ugh

sac

red

lan

d.

AP

(20

12)

2012

Bra

zil

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teP

rop

erty

d

amag

eW

ork

on

th

e co

ntr

over

sial

$13

bil

lio

n B

elo

Mo

nte

Dam

is h

alte

d a

fter

pro

test

ers

bu

rn

bu

ild

ings

at

thre

e d

am s

ites

.P

hys

.org

(20

12)

2012

Bra

zil

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sN

ort

hea

ster

n B

razi

l see

s gr

owin

g co

nfl

icts

aft

er s

ever

e d

rou

ght

red

uce

s w

ater

av

aila

bil

ity.

New

s ag

enci

es r

epo

rt t

hat

on

e p

erso

n a

day

is b

ein

g ki

lled

in “

wat

er w

ars”

th

at in

volv

e lo

cals

figh

tin

g ov

er s

carc

e su

pp

lies

.

Cat

ho

lic

On

lin

e (2

012)

2012

Per

uD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Yes

Seve

ral i

nci

den

ts o

f p

rote

sts,

inju

ries

, an

d d

eath

s ar

e re

po

rted

in r

egio

ns

of

Per

u w

her

e re

sid

ents

op

po

se la

rge

min

es b

ecau

se o

f co

nce

rns

over

wat

er q

ual

ity

and

wat

er r

igh

ts.

Po

lice

kil

l fo

ur

pro

test

ors

in c

lash

es o

ver

the

pro

po

sed

Can

adia

n-o

per

ated

$5

bil

lio

n

Min

as C

on

ga g

old

min

e.

Reu

ters

(20

12b

);

Yeag

er (

2012

)

2012

Per

uD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Yes

Pro

test

s b

ecau

se o

f co

nce

rns

over

wat

er q

ual

ity

and

wat

er r

igh

ts a

rou

nd

th

e X

stra

ta

Tin

taya

co

pp

er m

ine

lead

to

tw

o d

eath

s an

d fi

fty

inju

ries

.R

eute

rs (

2012

c)

2012

Egy

pt

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sFa

rmer

s fr

om

th

e A

bu

Sim

bel

reg

ion

in E

gyp

t h

old

ove

r 20

0 to

uri

sts

ho

stag

e to

pro

test

in

adeq

uat

e ir

riga

tio

n w

ater

. Th

e fa

rmer

s h

ad c

aptu

red

th

e to

uri

sts

afte

r th

ey v

isit

ed

nea

rby

mo

nu

men

ts. T

hey

rel

ease

th

em a

fter

offi

cial

s ag

ree

to a

tem

po

rary

rel

ease

of

wat

er.

Egy

pt

Ind

epen

den

t (2

012)

2012

Egy

pt

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sP

ub

lic

pro

test

s ov

er d

rin

kin

g an

d ir

riga

tio

n w

ater

sh

ort

ages

tak

e p

lace

acr

oss

Egy

pt.

Se

vera

l pro

test

s tu

rn v

iole

nt:

in B

eni S

uef

, on

e p

erso

n is

kil

led

an

d m

any

are

inju

red

d

uri

ng

a co

nfl

ict

over

irri

gati

on

wat

er; i

n M

inya

, vil

lage

rs c

lash

wit

h o

ffici

als

over

wat

er

sho

rtag

es a

nd

wat

er p

ollu

tio

n; i

n F

ayyo

um

, hu

nd

red

s o

f p

eop

le p

rote

stin

g w

ater

sh

ort

ages

blo

ck a

hig

hw

ay a

nd

set

fire

s.

Oo

ska

New

s (2

012)

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con

tin

ues

207

2012

Som

alia

, K

enya

Mil

itar

y ta

rget

Yes

Som

ali A

l-Sh

abaa

b in

surg

ents

po

iso

n a

wel

l an

d d

amag

e w

ater

infr

astr

uct

ure

nea

r th

e p

ort

cit

y o

f K

ism

ayo,

So

mal

ia. I

nsu

rgen

ts a

re fi

ghti

ng

Ken

yan

pea

ceke

epin

g tr

oo

ps

par

tici

pat

ing

in t

he

Afr

ican

Un

ion

mis

sio

n in

So

mal

ia.

Wab

ala

(201

2)

2012

Ken

yaD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Yes

Vio

len

ce, i

ncl

ud

ing

seve

ral d

eath

s, o

ccu

rs d

uri

ng

dis

pu

tes

over

acc

ess

to w

ater

in t

he

po

ore

st s

lum

s ar

ou

nd

Nai

rob

i, K

enya

.N

jeru

(20

12)

2012

Taji

kist

an,

Uzb

ekis

tan

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sU

zbek

ista

n c

uts

nat

ura

l gas

del

iver

ies

to T

ajik

ista

n in

ret

alia

tio

n o

ver

a Ta

jik

hyd

roel

ectr

ic d

am t

hat

Uzb

eks

say

wil

l dis

rup

t w

ater

su

pp

lies

. Gas

flow

s re

sum

e af

ter

a n

ew c

on

trac

t is

sig

ned

.

Ko

zhev

nik

ov

(201

2)

2012

Kyr

gyzs

tan

, Ta

jiki

stan

, U

zbek

ista

n,

Turk

men

ista

n,

Kaz

akh

stan

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teN

oTe

nsi

on

s es

cala

te o

ver

two

pro

po

sed

dam

s in

cen

tral

Asi

a: K

amb

arat

a-1

in K

yrgy

zsta

n

and

th

e R

ogu

n D

am in

Taj

ikis

tan

. Th

ese

dam

s co

uld

aff

ect

wat

er s

up

pli

es in

th

e d

own

stre

am n

atio

ns

of

Uzb

ekis

tan

, Tu

rkm

enis

tan

, an

d K

azak

hst

an. U

zbek

ista

n’s

pre

sid

ent,

Isl

am K

arim

ov, s

ays

the

dam

s co

uld

cau

se “

no

t ju

st s

erio

us

con

fro

nta

tio

n,

bu

t ev

en w

ars.

Th

e E

con

omis

t (2

012)

2012

Sud

an, S

ou

th

Sud

anD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Yes

Vio

len

ce b

reak

s o

ut

at w

ater

po

ints

in t

he

Jam

am r

efu

gee

cam

p in

So

uth

Su

dan

. M

édic

ins

San

s Fr

on

tièr

es r

epo

rts

that

as

man

y as

ten

ref

uge

es d

ie e

very

day

bec

ause

of

wat

er s

ho

rtag

es a

t re

fuge

e ca

mp

s in

So

uth

Su

dan

.

McN

eish

(20

12);

Fe

rrie

(20

12)

2012

Egy

pt,

E

thio

pia

, Su

dan

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

te; M

ilit

ary

targ

et

Yes

Info

rmat

ion

is le

aked

ab

ou

t an

alle

ged

sec

ret

agre

emen

t th

at w

ou

ld a

llow

Egy

pt

to

bu

ild

an

air

bas

e in

Su

dan

to

att

ack

the

Gra

nd

Eth

iop

ian

Ren

aiss

ance

Dam

(G

ER

D).

E

gyp

t is

co

nce

rned

th

at t

he

dam

, un

der

co

nst

ruct

ion

in E

thio

pia

just

up

stre

am o

f Su

dan

on

th

e B

lue

Nil

e, w

ou

ld r

edu

ce fl

ows

into

its

terr

ito

ry. T

he

new

s re

po

rts,

str

on

gly

den

ied

by

Egy

pt,

cla

im t

hat

Su

dan

wo

uld

allo

w E

gyp

t to

lau

nch

att

acks

if d

iplo

mat

ic

effo

rts

fail

to

res

olv

e w

ater

-sh

arin

g d

isp

ute

s b

etw

een

Egy

pt

and

Eth

iop

ia. T

he

alle

gati

on

s ar

e b

ased

on

an

inte

rnal

201

0 e-

mai

l mad

e av

aila

ble

by

Wik

iLea

ks.

Sud

an T

ribu

ne

(201

2); A

l A

rab

iya

New

s (2

012)

2012

Mal

i, B

urk

ina

Faso

Dev

elo

pm

ent

dis

pu

teYe

sA

cla

sh a

lon

g th

e b

ord

er b

etw

een

Do

gon

vil

lage

rs f

rom

Mal

i an

d n

om

adic

Fu

lan

i h

erd

ers

fro

m B

urk

ina

Faso

kil

ls a

t le

ast

thir

ty p

eop

le a

fter

an

ear

lier

agr

eem

ent

to s

har

e w

ater

an

d p

astu

rela

nd

is r

evo

ked

. Ch

aos

follo

win

g a

mil

itar

y co

up

in M

arch

is p

artl

y re

spo

nsi

ble

fo

r th

e b

reak

dow

n in

law

an

d o

rder

in M

ali.

Xin

hu

a N

ews

(201

2b)

2012

Mal

i, M

auri

tan

iaD

evel

op

men

t d

isp

ute

Yes

Pro

test

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