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The bill boosts access to federal cybersecurity training and extends eligibility for resilience funding—helping protect water service reliability and public health—while increasing federal costs and leaving some small systems unable to fully adopt recommended protections.
Community water systems (including rural and urban utilities) can use federal funds to buy cybersecurity training and guidance, improving their ability to prevent and respond to cyberattacks and reducing the risk of service interruptions that threaten public health.
More water systems will be eligible to access EPA Section 1433 security/resilience funding during an expanded eligibility window (2026–2031), increasing opportunities for jurisdictions to obtain federal support for security investments.
Taxpayers may bear additional federal program costs to fund training and materials during 2026–2031.
Smaller water systems may still lack the technical, staffing, or financial capacity to implement recommended cybersecurity measures even after training, limiting the law's practical effectiveness for the most vulnerable systems.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Extends SDWA training grant years to 2026–2031 and explicitly allows grant funds for security/resilience and cybersecurity training and manuals for community water systems.
Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to extend and broaden a training grant program for community water systems. It updates eligible program years to 2026–2031 and explicitly allows grant funds to be used for security and resilience training — including cybersecurity training, training manuals, and guidance to prevent and respond to cyberattacks on community water systems.
Official title: To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide grants under the Drinking Water Infrastructure Risk and Resilience Program for training programs relating to protecting public water systems from and responding to cyberattacks, and for other purposes.
Introduced October 28, 2025 by Frederica Wilson · Last progress October 28, 2025