Reconfiguring governance: How cyber security regulations are reconfiguring water governance

Developments in improved monitoring, asset management, and resource efficiencies led to the water industry promising a step-change design operation of these facilities: “blending” traditional engineering equipment with digital technologies. These apparent benefits inevitably produce new challenges regulating an emerging techno-political landscape. One regulations is Europe's Network Information Systems Security Directive, which aims improve cyber security across critical infrastructure providers. This paper focuses on implementation context sector England. At national supranational levels, acts as boundary object that gathers diverse communities practice without need establish common goals. Further, process transposing Directive into sectoral context, requires interpretation by expert communities. We show how translating regulatory scope landscape involves prioritizing some governance goals over others. As converge their collaboration practices, priorities align or stand tension public interests. argue have potential reconfigure refocusing strategic away from concerns environmental governance. suggest ways maintain collaborations engineering, computing, expertise remains aligned