Moonshine distillery discovered in Mass. water plant

(CBS/AP) GROTON, Mass.- Water isn't the only drink that's been getting "purified" at a water treatment plant in one Massachusetts town.

There's "fire-water" too, according to an official in Groton who says a water department employee set up a still and was making moonshine on town property.

Town Manager Mark Haddad tells The Sun of Lowell that "distilling apparatus" was discovered earlier this month inside the Baddacook Water Treatment Plant. The employee was placed on paid administrative leave and later decided to retire.

Haddad says the distilling equipment has been confiscated by police, who wouldn't say whether they're investigating.

Selectman Peter Cunningham says the still was simply someone's "hobby," and there is no evidence the employee was drinking on the job.