Water Groups, Cities Urge EPA To Drop Planned ‘Survey’ Approach On Cyber

Key water sector groups, the National League of Cities and U.S. Conference of Mayors are urging EPA Administrator Michael Regan to drop a memo, now under White House review, that would require utilities to consider cyber vulnerabilities in triennial “sanitary survey” reviews and instead engage with stakeholders in a collaborative approach to improving security. “Cybersecurity is mission-critical for all types of water utilities. As such, we support efforts to strengthen cybersecurity, and are eager to collaborate with the agency to...