"a pump will be needed to send water to the plant"

We need to be aware of what is happening in our neighborhood, not just along our streets but just over the town line. Medway is tackling the issue of the proposed power plant expansion and now Millis is getting involved.

The Board of Selectmen is expected to approve a contract with an engineering firm to perform a review of the town’s water system to determine the feasibility of selling water to Exelon, which is planning a 200-megawatt expansion of its Medway plant. 

The Medway water system is already overburdened, and as a result, the town can't sell water to Exelon, which needs an average of 95,000 gallons per day for emissions control for two proposed 100-megawatt turbines at its existing 117-megawatt oil-fired facility on Summer Street. Exelon is proposing to purchase water from Millis, which would then pump the water into Medway’s water system.

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http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20150927/NEWS/150926483/1994/NEWS

Additional resources:

Medway Peaker Project page  http://www.medwayenergy.com/about-our-project/facts/

Boston Globe's "The Argument" with both sides for the story
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/west/2015/08/13/the-argument-would-exelon-proposed-power-benefit-medway/nUCI1wACGvtYsim7XgZZZP/story.html

And the Stop Exelon Facebook page  https://www.facebook.com/nopowerplantmedway

and webpage  www.stopmedwaypeaker.com