Managing the water system in one community isn’t enough for Tony Lastowski.While serving as water superintendent in the town of Hatfield, Massachusetts (population 3,300), he also manages the distribution system and has a general oversight role in the nearby town of Williamsburg (2,500).At the request of the state Department of Environmental Protection, he helped the town of Chester (1,200) quickly make improvements that ended a boil water order. And he has helped arrange an informal mutual aid system by which Hatfield and three other water departments share expertise and equipment when problems arise.Describing his experience in Hatfield, where he has
