When Ernest Hemingway defined courage as “grace under pressure,” he might have been talking about Robert “Rob” Longo, superintendent of the Bristol (Conn.) Water Department, who has stood up to Mother Nature’s wrath to keep clean water flowing to his city’s 62,000 residents.Tropical storms, freak blizzards, torrential rain and tornados have marked Longo’s four-year tenure as superintendent. In that time, he and his team have averted catastrophe and worked side by side with the mayor, water commissioners and state Department of Public Health (DPH) to identify problems and fix them with minimum disruption.In 2013, Longo’s cool head and confident leadership
