Canterbury voters reject water pipeline project

CANTERBURY, Conn. (AP) - Canterbury voters have rejected a proposal to install pipes diverting river water to cool a wood-burning energy plant.

The Norwich Bulletin reports that the vote Wednesday turned back a proposal to repeal an ordinance that banned underground pipelines moving water from the Quinebaug River.

Bill Brunstad, president of Enova Energy Group, which is the majority owner of the Plainfield Renewable Energy project, said the company has secured another route for the pipes in Plainfield. He says the project will move forward.

The proposal is to build a 37.5-megawatt wood-burning energy plant in Plainfield, northeast of Canterbury. Pipelines in Canterbury to the Quinebaug River would have moved water to cool the plant.

Enova would have offered $2.6 million to the town over 20 years.

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Information from: Norwich Bulletin