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Growth Threatens Water Supplies

Posted by: David Gest

15 February 2006 - 5:00am

New Maryland real estate developments are straining water-supply networks and could lead to chronic shortages and water-use restrictions.

"Who would have thought somebody living in Maryland, where it's rainy, would have a problem with water?" asked a local mayor beset by the problem.

"...in more and more places around Maryland, water is becoming a problem -- or at least a nagging worry.

Mount Airy and two other growing towns in Carroll and Frederick counties have been forced to curtail development -- either voluntarily or under orders from the state -- because their growth was outstripping water supplies."

Full Story: Running dry?
Source: The Baltimore Sun, February 5, 2006
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