2025 Decision Makers Summit

Decision Makers Summit is just a few weeks away at Wild Dunes on the Isle of Palms. We have excellent training sessions lined up, including a session on WaterSC with Jennifer Hughes, SCDES Deputy Director of Environmental Affairs. Learn more about this year’s Decision Makers Summit below.

• Event Agenda
• Training Sessions
• Utility Employee/Board Member Registration: Although the Early Bird deadline has passed, you can still register
• Vendors: Booths are sold out, but you can join us by registering for the Non-Exhibitor Pass
• Accommodations: SCRWA’s room block at Wild Dunes has closed but you can still reserve a room by calling 877-624-3654. Mention SC Rural Water Association to be placed in our room block.
• Golf
• Women in Rural Water Luncheon: Let’s celebrate women in the water and wastewater industry at a special lunch on Thursday. There’s no additional charge to attend.
• Sponsorship Opportunities
• Thursday’s Social: We're celebrating Mardi Gras early! Feel free to wear Mardi Gras-themed clothing, BUT dress accordingly; the social will be on the Sweetgrass Inn Rooftop.

NOTE!!! Name badges must be worn at all times during Decision Makers. This includes training sessions, the exhibit area and at all meals. SCRWA staff will be monitoring this throughout the event. Make sure to register EVERYONE who will attend Decision Makers (spouses/significant others, family members, friends/colleagues).

Equipment & Operators EXPO

We are taking the EXPO on the road! This year’s event will be Thursday, April 10 at the Orangeburg Fairgrounds. Exhibitor set-up and equipment delivery will be Wednesday, April 9. We are busy working on the details but go ahead and mark your calendar.

2025 is LICENSE RENEWAL year!! Will you have enough Continuing Education hours by June 31? Good News: SCRWA has plenty of opportunities for you to get all your credit hours in time. Check out our training lineup here!

In December, CISA and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released Internet-Exposed HMIs Pose Cybersecurity Risks to Water and Wastewater Systems. This joint fact sheet provides Water and Wastewater Systems (WWS) facilities with recommendations for limiting the exposure of Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs) and securing them against malicious cyber activity.

HMIs enable operational technology owners and operators to read supervisory control and data acquisition systems connected to programmable logic controllers. Threat actors can exploit exposed HMIs at WWS Sector utilities without cybersecurity controls, resulting in operational impacts and forcing victims to revert to manual operations (see Defending OT Operations Against Ongoing Pro-Russia Hacktivist Activity).

EPA and CISA strongly encourage WWS Sector organizations review and implement the mitigations in this fact sheet to harden remote access to HMIs. Visit our Water and Wastewater Systems page for additional resources to help protect the WWS Sector.