Wekepeke Water (Coveted by Poland Spring), Sterling, Clinton Back in the News Again

From the No Drumlins blog comes more controversy about the Wekepeke watershed – which Nestle/Poland Springs coveted, which in turn fired off a verbal war between the Clinton and Sterling selectmen.

Will Nestle/Poland Spring’s project rise up again?

It’s bad enough that some of the leadership in Clinton see the Wekepeke Reservoir and aquifer as nothing more than a money maker. But the Sterling Selectmen have been little better in voicing their opposition to Clinton’s plan. Long after Clinton rejected Nestle’s initial bid the Sterling selectmen finally decided that yeah, well, maybe selling the water wasn’t such a great idea so we’ll oppose it.

Opposing the plan when it was still a going question would have been the responsible thing to do, but Sterling’s selectmen dragged their feet to see what Sterling could get out of the deal, only to finally oppose it after a decision had been made and after months of near-unanimous opposition from those in town who voiced an opinion.

You can read the whole interesting post here: No Drumlins: Wekepeke: Here we go again.