Water groups and cities urge EPA to collaborate with industry, drop planned ‘sanitary survey’ approach to cyber

Key water sector groups, the National League of Cities and U.S. Conference of Mayors are urging U.S. EPA administrator Michael Regan to pull back a memo on public water system cybersecurity, now under Office of Management and Budget review, 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 develop and implement...