The best municipal leaders are driven by the desire to make their communities stronger. Count LaTia Jutan among them.
Taking advice from her mom, developing management skills in her own cleaning business and learning about wastewater treatment as an operator in training, Jutan rose to superintendent of the lift stations and wastewater plants in Baytown, Texas, in just 12 years.
In 2022, she received the William D. Hatfield Award from the Southeast Chapter of the Water Environment Association of Texas, recognized in particular for her work in asset management and preventive maintenance. Sterling Beaver, assistant director for public works and engineering, says
