What civil engineers are reading this week

• Public works association urges House to adopt infrastructure bill

  The American Public Works Association, which represents employees who plan, design, build, maintain, operate, and oversee infrastructure networks, urged the House to adopt the infrastructure bill.

• Climate tech needs cybersecurity

  Increasingly, security considerations — for both digital and physical assets — will need to become a consideration for climate tech and green infrastructure.

• Outraged residents in Michigan city say lead in water must be addressed right away

  Residents say more needs to be done after the state tells people in Benton Harbor to stop drinking city water over lead contamination.

• Congress looks at microplastics as 'emerging contaminants'

  Microplastics in drinking water is a new area for regulators, but a hearing in Congress looked at whether the tiny plastic particles in the environment should be considered an emerging contaminant.

• Climate adaptation plans from US agencies envision transit resilience, modern building codes

  The Biden administration's whole-of-government approach to climate resilience planning has environmental, transportation, and housing regulators mapping out more equitable community preparedness.

• Truckers point to pay, detention time as ways to improve supply chain

  Hundreds of organizations and individuals have already responded to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s request for ideas on how to improve the supply chain.