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The bill expands and extends federal support so water systems can buy cybersecurity training and guidance—improving resilience and public-health protections—while imposing modest additional federal costs and still risking limited effectiveness for small, low-capacity systems.
Community water systems can use federal funds to buy cybersecurity training, guidance, and manuals, improving their ability to prevent and respond to cyberattacks and reducing the risk of service interruptions that affect water reliability and public health.
More water systems will be able to access EPA Section 1433 security and resilience funding because eligibility is extended through 2026–2031, creating a multi-year window for grants and planning.
Taxpayers may bear additional federal program costs to fund the expanded training and materials between 2026–2031.
Smaller and resource-constrained water systems may still lack the technical staff, funding, or time to fully implement recommended cybersecurity measures even after receiving training, limiting the program's effectiveness for many vulnerable systems.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Extends covered program years to 2026–2031 and explicitly allows training funds to be used for cybersecurity/resilience training and related manuals for community water systems.
Introduced October 28, 2025 by Frederica Wilson · Last progress October 28, 2025
Allows community water systems to use existing Safe Drinking Water Act training/resilience funds for cybersecurity-related training and materials, and extends the covered program years to 2026–2031. The change explicitly permits participating in cyber/resilience training and buying related training manuals or guidance to help protect and respond to cyberattacks on water systems.