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MissB

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6. We willingly paid folks to work around the clock if needed

Reply to Blues Heron (Reply #4)

Mon Feb 8, 2021, 05:26 PM

Feb 2021

But it saves $$$$$$ to install a supervisory control and data acquisition system so the treatment plant can be run from afar. Regulating agencies encourage them.

But yeah, their virtual security should be better. This isn’t exactly a new threat to the industry.

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