Skiing conjures up images of fresh mountain air and cool, clean white slopes. In Vermont, however, these crystalline visions have been replaced by a less refreshing proposition: several of the state's ski resorts, hard pressed by a chronic lack of water at high altitudes, want to pump treated sewage through their snowmaking equipment. So far Vermont's environmental conservation agency has not approved the innovation. The proposal has set off a battle between environmentalists and resort owners. One bumper sticker reads, KILLINGTON: WHERE THE AFFLUENT MEET THE EFFLUENT. Killington officials and local developers are not amused. C.E. ("Cowboy") Snodgrass, a Killington carpenter,...
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