WaterWorld Weekly Newscast, April 3, 2017.
The following is a transcript of the WaterWorld Weekly Newscast for April 3, 2017.
Hi, I’m Angela Godwin for WaterWorld magazine, bringing you water and wastewater news headlines for the week of April 4th.
Coming up… Water utility’s high cell bill attributed to cyber attack Water pollution tops list of environmental problems worrying Americans New research project to focus on building relationships between clean water agencies and community Okla. energy producer breaks ground on water recycling facility Last week, the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis released an Intelligence Note indicating that "unknown cyber actors" targeted a water and sewage authority in the United States between November 2016 and January 2017.
According to an FBI source, the cyber attack compromised four out of seven Sixnet devices connected to the authority’s industrial control system.
As a result, the devices experienced high traffic and data usage, causing the utility’s cellular data bill to skyrocket — from the average $300 per month to $45,000 and $53,000 in December and January, respectively.
That’s the highest percentage since 2001.
According to the poll, water pollution ranked particularly high with non-whites, with 80% worried a great deal while only 56% of whites expressed that same level of concern.
The Water Research Foundation (WRF) has announced a new project that will help clean water agencies explore how to leverage emotional motivators in public engagement programs to develop sustainable relationships with their customers.
Newfield Exploration Company announced it has broken ground on a water recycling facility located in its STACK play in the Anadarko Basin in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma.