


Our 2021 Annual Conference Update
Dear Utility and Water Industry Friends, Since March 2020, the Maryland Rural Water Association has been closely monitoring the rapidly shifting landscape that we have been dealing with in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) and its continuing spread throughout our communities. Foremost in our minds, …

MRWA Welcomes, Scott DeLude, State Circuit Rider
MRWA welcomes Scott DeLude to the team! Scott DeLude MRWA’s State Circuit Rider scott.delude@md-rwa.org 410-808-0295

Cyber Security Alert
On February 5, 2021, unidentified cyber actors obtained unauthorized access to the supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system at a U.S. drinking water treatment plant. The unidentified actors used the SCADA system’s software to increase the amount of sodium hydroxide, also known as lye, …

EPA COVID-19 Water Sector Survey
(via NRWA) EPA is developing a survey using an approved Information Collection Request (ICR) to assess the economic and operational challenges faced by drinking water and wastewater utilities across the country due to the COVID-19 national health emergency. Through the national health emergency, and as …