House lawmakers introduce bill to create public-private regime for regulating water sector cybersecurity

Two Republican lawmakers on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee have introduced a bill to establish a public-private “Water Risk and Resilience Organization” that would create and enforce cybersecurity standards in the water and wastewater sector.

“Foreign adversaries such as Russia and China have utilized cyber-attacks to target critical infrastructure such as water systems. This bill is a more proactive approach to safeguarding our drinking and wastewater from these types of attacks,” bill sponsor Rep. Rick Crawford (R-AR) said in...