Michael Phillis | Associated Press

This photo provided by the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa shows the screen of a Unitronics device that was hacked in Aliquippa, Pa., on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023.

EPA warns of increasing cyberattacks on water systems, urges utilities to take immediate steps

Late last year, an Iranian-linked group called “Cyber Av3ngers” targeted multiple organizations including the Aliquippa Water Authority in Beaver County.

Environment & Energy

In a first, EPA survey puts a number on lead pipes around US

Michael Phillis | Associated Press

A new survey of lead pipes across the United States estimates that Florida has more than any other state. Industrial states like Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania are more typically associated with extensive lead pipe issues.

Quincey Johnson, left, outreach director Upper Missouri Waterkeeper in Bozeman, Mont., and Martin Lizely, Grand Riverkeeper with LEAD Agency in Miami, Okla., fly their drones during a training session, Tuesday, June 7, 2022, in Poolesville, Md. They work to protect rivers and waterways and are training to use drones to catch polluters in places where wrongdoing is difficult to see or expensive to find. The Waterkeeper alliance has already used drone images to formally accuse companies of wrongdoing.

Environment & Energy

Environmentalists train drone pilots to find and pursue pollution

Michael Phillis | Associated Press

People who work to protect rivers and waterways have begun using drones to catch polluters in places where wrongdoing is difficult to see or expensive to find.