When I started working on this magazine some 32 months ago, I expected to deal with many big-city water, sewer and stormwater departments, reporting on their infrastructure management and maintenance programs.That has happened to a degree, but what surprises me is the number of midsize and smaller communities we feature on these pages. There are various reasons for that. One is that smaller cities and utilities seem more eager to work with us — they are more likely to raise their hands and invite us to look at what they’re doing.Another is that smaller communities (as a rule) seem more
