The new growth areas are generally in areas that don't have sewers available or public water available. We're constantly expanding to meet the demand.

We send a lot of variance applications to the state. More often than not, they get approved.

When the water gets clearer than it used to be, then you can get a lot more algae growth.

Why should someone who's lived here 20 years pay for (growth). I pay water and electric, and I don't want to subsidize new growth.

The two things that stop growth are water and schools.

We'll look at water temperature, salinity and even chlorophyll growth. Ultimately, what we hope is to be able to identify a certain water mass and know that it will lead to chlorophyll growth and an abundance of plankton, and that the whales will soon appear.