Our water systems and the battle of national security is a multi-layered problem. Some of the major aspects of national security is protecting the water systems, and access to quality water.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — U.S. water systems and national security is a multi-layered problem. Some of the major aspects of national security are protecting the water systems and access to quality water.
"If we don't think about how to protect our computer systems that control our water systems and our energy systems, there are likely to be an increasing number of attacks in the future,” said Peter Gleik, a scientist on global water and climate issues. “Those systems are increasingly vulnerable, and we are seeing more instances of cyberattacks."
These are all the reasons why there is a push to increase security, whether from outside or inside threats. “In this case, we are regulated by the environmental protection agency, to use the word loosely, it creates mission failure for the EPA to be tasked with managing a portfolio of 51,145 systems,” Pauslon said. “The problem in cyber is that we are all operating in silos. We need to exercise together, meaning cyber exercising, we need to learn from each other, we need to share best practices. We need to adopt things like cyber mutual assistance.
“We tend to not fight violently over water here,” Gleik said. “As populations grow, as economies grow, we are seeing more political conflict and economic conflict of who has access to water, who controls water and who has water rights. We’ll see impacts on our economy, decreases in agriculture production and food production. We’ll see disputes between cities and farms – which have turned violent in India and Iran for example.
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