http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2012/05/31/vt_town_commits_water_to_biomass_project/
Vt. town commits water to biomass project
May 31, 2012
Boston.com
SPRINGFIELD, Vt.—The town selectboard in Springfield, Vt., has voted for an agreement to commit 30,000 of gallons of municipal water a day to a proposed biomass project.
Developers are hopeful they also will capture rainfall and acquire water from other sources so as not to dip into the town supply as much.
Town Manager Robert Forguites tells the Eagle Times (http://bit.ly/L8V9U3) the original application called for a greater water need, but switching to an air-cooling system has caused that figure to drop.
The Vermont Public Service Board is not expected to make a decision on the project for at least a year.
Advocates say it will create jobs and bring economic development. But the North Springfield Action group is gathering petition signatures against it. It's concerned about the water sources.
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Information from: Eagle Times, http://www.eagletimes.com
Awesome!!!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat...a major step forward for Springfield!
ReplyDeletegood thing we have some grass roots organizations out there that pointed out that this proposed project wanted to suck up all the water!!!!!....good grief you would think they would have known the town could never feasibly support that amount of water usage and/or five wells being dug would not work either. We actually had citizens who were ready to give them the shirts off our back with no investigation into the matter on their own part--going to let the officials make the decisions for them.....yup
ReplyDeletethere goes the real estate values in springfield. detroit vermont.
ReplyDeleteLady, go sell crazy somewhere else; we are all stocked up here.
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