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Senate Passes Water Bill That Includes Cyber Protections

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, April 29th, 2021

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Senate Passes Water Bill That Includes Cyber Protections

Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

The Senate on Thursday approved a bipartisan water infrastructure bill that includes a provision aimed at strengthening the cyber security protections of public water systems in need. The cyber security provision directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to work with the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to develop a framework to determine which water utilities across the U.S. need federal help to mitigate cyber risks to their infrastructure. The Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act…

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