Please let us know if you have feedbackFor many, last week’s cyberattacks on water systems throughout the U.S. was a wake-up call. Many municipal water systems are sitting ducks for hackers. In small municipalities, the person managing the water utility is often also a county commissioner or even the mayor, Skiba said. Smart Cities Dive talked with water and cybersecurity experts, who laid out five steps water system operators can take to protect against the next cyberattack. The Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies recommends that all water and wastewater systems subscribe to the Water Information Sharing and Analysis Center, or WaterISAC, a resource that provides member water systems with information on the latest threats and steps to respond to them, Hartnett said.