water infrastructure is aging and management/operations highly decentralized 55000 utiltiies in US.
information technology overhaul is needed to better manage and secure infrastructure, drive more productivity operations, and ensure water quallity
major of smaller utilities lack the in-house expertise or funding to deploy better technology - many systems very vulnerable / well-known cybersecurity risks
solutions for POTUS to look at - support development of an open source software development lab to create common operating platform
open source operating platform would lower development cost of common functionality and free more money to go towards cybersecurity improvements and more and more innovation on the platform
open source model would also accelerate upgrade cycle for digital transformation and transition to more secure operating environment - less money for software and more money for each utility to invest in services.
it would seem sensible that could get large financial support from major industry players and SMBs would then be forced to focus on higher value capabilites (less also-rans all over)
also look at NAV Canada model - how Canada optimized development of air traffic control system nationally
need more a blueprint - Patriot here ready to help - a couple years ago a young girl in Flint was asked what she thought of the crisis - her reply was to the effect "well, my main question is whether I will ever grow up to be smart now" - ouch - that is question that never should be running through any kids head after having a drink of water - in the US or anywhere.
How about we stop putting so much energy into arguing good vs evil and fucking expend all that wasted energy to solve something that unites us all.
Let's out a real system in place to watch the water and take a whole lot of avoidable health and water security risk out of the equation for good.
Winning in water has all the importance as winning in space.