Edgewood looks to wind energy to power plant

842-8960 THE TOWN OF EDGEWOOD WANTS TO USE THE WIND--- TO POWER A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT TY SHESKY WENT TO EDGEWOOD TO SEE HOW THE PUSH TO GO GREEN-- STARTS WITH A PUSH TO SAVE MONEY THE TOWN OF EDGEWOOD WAS INCORPORATED JUST EIGHT YEARS AGO NOW THE GROWING COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SANITIZE ITS WATER WITHOUT COSTING RESIDENTS A FORTUNE Karen 30 thousand is a lot of electricity cost to recoup from users of the system ALTHOUGH WIND ENERGY WOULD SAVE THE TOWN MONEY IN THE LONG RUN THE START UP COSTS WOULD APPROACH ONE MILLION DOLLARS Karen That s a lot There are grants available We are hoping ONE RESIDENT EVEN SUGGESTED BUYING A WIND TURBINE FOR HER OWN BACK YARD SAVING HER MONEY AND CONSERVING ENERGY FOR THE TOWN Karen And wanted to know can it be done And we told her we d look at it OTHER FORMS OF ENERGY ARE ALSO BEING CONSIDERED TO POWER THE NEW WASTEWATER PLANT SOT We need to look at at all forms Whether it s solar whether it s wind All forms will come into play TY Edgewood s wastewater treatment plant is tentatively scheduled to open in August of this year The town hopes to have an economical power source for it by then Reporting in Edgewood Ty Shesky EWN-4 IT WOULD COST 30 THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH TO POWER THE PLANT BY