RESILIENCY RESOURCES

• How Risk Management Can Build More Resilient Utilities

  From rapidly evolving cyber threats and extreme weather patterns to regulatory pressures and emerging contaminants, modern water and wastewater utilities are facing an unprecedented era of growing risks. To navigate these challenges, forward-thinking organizations are adopting structured risk assessment frameworks that support long-term resilience rather than reactive emergency response.

• 5 Takeaways To Prepare For Hurricane Season And Build More Resilient Communities

  Stronger storms are exposing the limits of outdated infrastructure. From upgrading capacity to building stronger partnerships, here are five key lessons utilities can apply now to prepare for hurricane season and keep critical water systems running under pressure.
• The Easiest Way To Attack U.S. Water Systems Isn't What You Think

  The latest warnings from U.S. intelligence agencies about escalating cyber activity from foreign-state-linked actors have become more pronounced and urgent in recent months. These attacks increasingly focused around local communities and the daily operational systems underpinning public health and safety, specifically regional critical infrastructure.

• World Cup 2026: A Stress Test For U.S. Water Utilities

  As the FIFA World Cup kicks off across the U.S. this summer, most attention will be on transportation, security, and stadium readiness. But the bigger strain will be less visible: water and wastewater systems.
• From Possibility To Practice: 10 Key Takeaways From SWAN 2026

  If SWAN 2026 proved anything, it’s that the smartest ideas in water aren’t theoretical — they’re operational, hard-earned, and often messy. What stood out most wasn’t just the themes, but who said them and how clearly they reflected where this industry actually is currently.
• Protecting The World's Most Essential Resource: How Utilities Can Navigate Growing Risks To Drinking Water Supply

  Protecting drinking water supply has become more complex, more urgent, and less predictable as utilities navigate a convergence of pressures, including climate variability, emerging contaminants, and accelerating population growth. Together, these trends are redefining what it means to deliver safe, reliable drinking water. Yet within this disruption lies a critical opportunity.
• Artificial Intelligence May Be Fueling The Future, But Water Will Sustain It

  AI is reshaping industries at extraordinary speed, from healthcare and finance to manufacturing, logistics, and retail. As AI adoption accelerates, data centers have become the physical backbone of the digital world. Yet behind every compute cycle lies a critical resource that rarely receives the same level of attention: water.
• Managing Risk In Water Utilities: From Compliance To True Resilience

  When thinking about minimizing risk, it used to be enough for utilities to focus on highly visible assets such as reservoirs and storage tanks using deterrents like chain-link fences, locked doors and cameras. Today, that’s no longer enough.
• Why You Can't Patch Your Way Out Of The Latest Water Utility Threats

  Iranian-linked hackers have successfully exploited PLCs at water utilities and energy facilities across the U.S., resulting in operational disruptions and massive financial loss. For many water utility executives, the immediate and instinctive reaction is to look for a patch. But in this case, there is no simple vendor fix.
• My Top 5 Thoughts Of The Month In Water

  Every week, the water industry hands us a fresh set of challenges, breakthroughs, and moments worth pausing on. Here are the five stories and trends running through my head this week and, of course, why they matter for the professionals who keep the taps flowing.