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Article: CAR WASH IN DUST-UP OVER WATER USE TOWN TELLS BUSINESSMAN TO OPERATE WITHIN LIMIT
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- March 13, 2003
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A new car wash is posing a severe challenge to Pepperell's attempt
to control water usage.
Last fall, the Deparment of Public Works limited water usage by
the Primrose Car Wash on Groton Street and an adjacent bank to 660
gallons a day, most of it for the car wash. But in the November-to-
January quarter, average daily usage was 9,300 gallons.
"The owner is not playing by the rules he agreed to, and it is not
fair to other people who have capacity limitations," said town
engineer Bob Lee.
The car wash's owner, Robert Walker of Ryan Development of
Westford, said in an interview that it was the first time he had
heard of the excessive water use. Walker noted that construction took
place on ...