Water sector groups weigh in on EPA checklist designed to provide guidance on controversial cyber regulation

The Water Sector Coordinating Council has identified several concerns with the Environmental Protection Agency’s checklist designed to help utilities comply with a controversial regulation for drinking water systems.

EPA in March issued a memorandum requiring state drinking water regulators to include cybersecurity preparedness as one of the factors assessed in the periodic sanitary surveys of drinking waters systems required by the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The agency released further guidance to help entities reach compliance in the form...