The habitats will be placed at home owner docks and float tethered to the dock as you boat is. Homeowners will be asked to treat the habitat as a “garden in the water”, making sure it has sunlight and is not dosed with foreign substances, or constantly disturbed by boat propeller wash.

Habitats will be placed about 1 per lot, but the exact number may change in a canal over time. As canals become clean and water clears, the number of habitats may be reduced to achieve a stable steady state where the habitats filter the entire water volume in the canal every 4 to 7 days. The pilot project will help to outline some of these “best practices” for scaling the system Keys wide. Figure 7 shows several habitats strung together at Garrison Bight Marina in Key West.