we have been proactive in planning for upgrading the city’s 70 year old water treatment plant. A TIGHT HOUSING MARKET Aiken’s residential real estate market has followed national trends, characterized by high demand and limited availability. “We have over 1,500 rooftops to accommodate growth towards the interstate. “The new plant will increase our daily capacity by about 35%, which will be very proactive in working with the growth coming to this part of the country,” Bedenbaugh adds. Tilton elaborates, “Recent trends in residential growth in Aiken are towards the interstate, and so 4 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 05, ISSUE 09
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