Tag Archive for: U.S. Water Infrastructure

Texas County Refuses to Sell Excess Water: ‘The New Oil’

/in , /by /Newsweekby Jordan King

Texas’ Killeen City Council voted unanimously not to approve a plan to sell water with Mayor Debbie Nash-King arguing: “You cannot put a price on water.”

The United States is currently in the midst of a multifaceted water crisis caused by environmental issues such as drought, infrastructure challenges and international disputes.

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PODCAST: How U.S. Water Infrastructure Became a ‘Huge’ Cyber Target

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On the latest episode of StateScoop’s Priorities podcast, Samuel Alva, a technical adviser with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, explains the “huge” threat facing the nation’s tens of thousands of water utilities, and what they can do to protect themselves. “Water is a single point of failure. So that’s why it has been under attack,” he says.

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