What civil engineers are reading this week

• US water systems’ hacks make it clear: Cybersecurity is a civil engineering problem

  More than 100 attempted digital break-ins affirm why engineers must merge cybersecurity into physical water system design. Think not “if,” but “when” an attack will occur, these experts say.

• More sewer diving in NYC: 5 people seen climbing out of maintenance hole

  Friday’s instance is at least the seventh time since May that people have been seen going into or exiting the sewer system in the city and on Long Island and the second on the Upper East Side in two weeks.

• Waves crash into California homes as excavators try to protect properties

  Construction crews have been seen trying to block waves entering homes along California’s coast.

• Lessons from a harrowing Michigan tornado will reshape warehouse design

  Damage assessments after the 2024 Portage, Michigan, EF2 tornado disaster will help engineers account for internal pressure, structural connections, and tornado loads in new warehouses. Here’s how.

• With the car-free loop in NYC’s Central Park busier than ever, crashes keep piling up

  The death of a 71-year-old man who fell from his bike on East Drive while trying to avoid an off-leash dog highlights the growing chaos on the park's 6-mile loop.

• Newly available satellite data show just how flawed some river models can be

  Current models are only as good as the math that they’re based on, and short of measuring every river in the world, there is no way to check this on a global scale.