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EPA Warns Water Utilities Against Cyber Attacks

McGlinchey Stafford on 8/26/2025

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published a sector-wide set of non-regulatory recommendations to strengthen U.S. drinking water and wastewater systems against cyber attacks, alongside new funding for...more

EPA Signals Potential PFAS Policy Pivot Under New Administrator

Pillsbury - PFAS Observer on 4/8/2025

In March, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin addressed top state environmental officials, highlighting the Agency’s priorities for the year ahead. Without committing the EPA to an official stance, Zeldin reaffirmed his commitment...more

Contaminants Compass: January 2025 Edition

McGuireWoods LLP on 1/17/2025

“Contaminants Compass” is a monthly newsletter that provides updates, legal observations and actionable tips to navigate the evolving legal challenges of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). This edition discusses the...more

EPA Announces $7.5 Billion in Water Infrastructure Loans

Holland & Knight LLP on 9/20/2024

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Sept. 6, 2024, announced the availability of $6.5 billion in Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) funding and $1 billion in State Infrastructure Financing...more

Critical Infrastructure Protection/EPA Urgently Needs a Strategy to Address Cybersecurity Risks to Water/Wastewater Systems: GAO...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 8/19/2024

Critical Infrastructure Protection/EPA Urgently Needs a Strategy to Address Cybersecurity Risks to Water/Wastewater Systems: GAO Issued Report - The United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released on August...more

White House Issues Dire Warning Regarding Drinking Water Supply and Wastewater System Cyberattacks

Nossaman LLP on 4/2/2024

The Biden-Harris Administration is redoubling its efforts to improve cybersecurity for the nation’s water systems. In March, the EPA and the White House issued a dire warning to state governors alerting them of the need to...more

EPA Cybersecurity Rule Challenged by States and Water Systems Associations

Troutman Pepper Locke on 9/1/2023

On July 25, Missouri, Arkansas, and Iowa (the states), along with intervenors American Water Works Association and National Rural Water Association (the water associations), petitioned the Eighth Circuit to review the U.S....more

A Court-Side Seat: An End-of-Year Environmental Update

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 12/21/2022

As 2022 draws to a close, here is a brief description of recent environmental and regulatory law rulings, as well as new federal rulemaking proceedings....more

Cyber Partnership or Regulation—What Lurks Beneath the Water “Surge”?

Wiley Rein LLP on 1/28/2022

Federal agencies have been actively looking at cyber threats to critical infrastructure. In a January 27 announcement the White House said: “it will extend the Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Cybersecurity Initiative to the...more

Congress Provides Substantial Funding for Variety of Water Projects in Infrastructure Law With Emphasis on Low Income Communities

Sullivan & Worcester on 12/27/2021

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) contains significant water-related provisions, amounting to $82.5 billion in spending. Areas addressed by these provisions include drinking water safety, clean water more...more

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