Resiliency News
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Readout From State Convening To Discuss Cybersecurity And The Water Sector
3/25/2024
As a follow up to the letter from National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan to Governors, on March 21, 2024, Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technologies and Janet McCabe, EPA Deputy Administrator, met with state and local officials from across the United States to discuss cybersecurity of the water sector.
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Treasury Sanctions China-Linked Hackers For Targeting U.S. Critical Infrastructure
3/25/2024
Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Wuhan Xiaoruizhi Science and Technology Company, Limited (Wuhan XRZ), a Wuhan, China-based Ministry of State Security (MSS) front company that has served as cover for multiple malicious cyber operations.
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Ecolab Watermark Study Reveals Global Generational Gap On Access To Clean And Safe Water
3/22/2024
Data from a global study commissioned by Ecolab, a global sustainability leader offering water solutions and services, and conducted in partnership with Morning Consult, has revealed that the level and immediacy of clean and safe water concerns varies across generations.
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Biden-Harris Administration Engages States On Safeguarding Water Sector Infrastructure Against Cyber Threats
3/19/2024
Today, March 19, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan sent a letter to all U.S. Governors inviting state environmental, health and homeland security Secretaries to a convening by their deputies to discuss the urgent need to safeguard water sector critical infrastructure against cyber threats.
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Cost-Cutting Project Could Slash Greenhouse Gas Emissions
3/19/2024
A project which could significantly reduce the amount of greenhouse gas produced during the treatment of wastewater is being pioneered by the University of South Wales (USW).
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Engineers Facilitate The Restoration Of Lake Deltas
3/15/2024
The Reuss delta on the edge of Lake Lucerne is once again a nature-lover’s paradise, complete with gravel islands and stretches of shallow water where plants, animals and bathers coexist in harmony.
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An Invisible Water Surcharge: Climate Warming Increases Crop Water Demand In The San Joaquin Valley's Groundwater-Dependent Irrigated Agriculture
3/13/2024
University of California researchers from the USDA-funded Secure Water Future project recently found that increases in crop water demand explain half of the cumulative deficits of the agricultural water balance since 1980, exacerbating water reliance on depleting groundwater supplies and fluctuating surface water imports.
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The Water Council & Marquette University Launch Joint Sustainability Summit
3/13/2024
The Water Council, a Milwaukee nonprofit dedicated to solving global water challenges, and Marquette University’s College of Business Administration Sustainability Lab, which aims to research and disseminate knowledge and foster and develop managers around effective sustainability and stewardship practices, announced plans today for the Nexus Sustainability Leaders Summit, an annual national conference on corporate sustainability, water and energy resiliency, and stewardship.
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Biden-Harris Administration Invests More Than $3.7M To Enhance Water Level Forecast System For The Great Lakes As Part Of Investing In America Agenda
3/12/2024
Today, the Department of Commerce and NOAA announced $3.72M in funding to support research on Great Lakes water level forecasts as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
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EPA Expands Wastewater Infrastructure Program, Invites Rural Communities To Apply For Assistance
3/12/2024
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the expansion of its successful Closing America’s Wastewater Access Gap Community Initiative to 150 communities across Rural America.