I mean Some of these municipal water plants in the US are independently operated by municipalities of awfully few people and even fewer resources to spare, oft

I mean Some of these municipal water plants in the US are independently operated by municipalities of awfully few people and even fewer resources to spare, often serving relatively vast areas… It’s probably not how you or I would set things up—especially after many years of warnings and slick best practices guides-but I can sympathize with “if it’s not broken…”-style maintenance, especially at the local level. These things have lifespans measured in decades, and budgetary cycles to match… and for all of CISA’s good work (on limited budgets, and with power that’s more persuasive than fearsome) [0], it seems hard to get all 148,000 [1] system operators to afford to care, much less to afford to fix things—much less to check their work. [0] https://www.cisa.gov/topics/industrial-control-systems https://www.cisa.gov/topics/industrial-control-systems , and https://www.gao.gov/assets/d24106576.pdf https://www.gao.gov/assets/d24106576.pdf for an idea of the staffing they’re doing it with… [1] https://www.epa.gov/dwreginfo/information-about-public-water-systems https://www.epa.gov/dwreginfo/information-about-public-water...