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EPA seeks funding to improve the cybersecurity of America’s water systems
EPA Administrator Michael Regan told Congress this week that the agency was "laser focused" on the growing threat of cyberattacks targeting municipal water and wastewater systems and was requesting over $4 billion to upgrade nationwide water infrastructure.
Regan said the budget request includes $50 million for a new grant program supporting resiliency and sustainability efforts across public water systems, as well as $25 million for another grant program meant to support water systems as they establish and build necessary cyber capabilities. The budget request also includes $35 million to provide water and wastewater systems with technical assistance.
"What I can say is we are not in the business of abdicating our responsibility to anyone else," Regan told an environmental subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, adding: "We take cybersecurity in the water space very seriously."