As is so often the case, the city officials, who had given Google millions in tax breaks, had no intention of letting anyone know how much water Google was using. City officials were ordered by Google to argue in court that Google’s use of scarce public water was a “trade secret”. After more than a year of proceedings, city officials were forced to tell their own citizens how much public water Google was taking. Imperious Google had imposed a gag order on Dorchester city officials, warning them that they must not tell the public anything about the Google project, particularly how much public water Google was slurping. Again, dragged kicking and screaming, Google was finally forced to tell the public of Dorchester how much public water it was using.