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Manatee County s treatment facility is only able to produce about 65% of the permitted capacity. As a result, utility officials have asked Sarasota County to reduce the amount of water it is taking, so Manatee County may continue to service internal customers. The challenges in the potable water system have grown considerably in recent days, with several residents reporting little to no water. In an email to Sarasota County Commissioners, public utilities director Mike Mylett said Tuesday saw huge demands on the system. Today has been a record day for the amount of water demand in our system, over 27 million gallons and rising, Mylett said. Pressures in the northern portion of our service area (north of Bee Ridge Road) continue to trend below what our customers have become accustomed to receiving. ....
Table of Contents Florida Hack Exposes Danger to Water Systems A city worker washes down a street after repairs to a water line in Sacramento, California. Cybersecurity experts say water systems need to be vigilant to protect against hackers. Rich Pedroncelli A renegade mouse cursor signaled the danger at the water treatment plant in Oldsmar, Florida. On Feb. 5, a plant operator for the city of about 15,000 on Florida’s west coast saw his cursor being moved around on his computer screen, opening various software functions that control the water being treated. The intruder boosted the level of sodium hydroxide or lye in the water supply to 100 times higher than normal. ....
Suncoast utility officials react to hacking of water treatment facility in Oldsmar Reaction to water treatment facility hacking. (Source: WWSB) By Rick Adams | February 9, 2021 at 8:34 PM EST - Updated February 10 at 9:09 AM SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Utility department officials spoke with ABC7 about the recent hacking of the water treatment plant in Oldsmar. A hacker broke into the computer system and raised sodium hydroxide in the water to a dangerous level. A worker noticed something was off before any harm could be done. “A little surprised, a little concerned that another utilities agency obviously had some issues,” said Bill Riebe, Utilities Director for the city of Sarasota. “It’s impossible for that to happen here and the reason being is our computer system that we use to run our water treatment plant is completely isolated as a stand alone system, it’s not connected to the internet, the outside world in anyway.” ....