Program would shift farmers? excess water to municipalities

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Coping with a water shortage and a booming population, Carroll County has a unique plan to preserve farmland and allow towns to use more water to expand development.

“It?s what I would consider a pilot project with some really great ramifications,” said Ralph Robertson, program manager of the county?s Agricultural Land Preservation Program.

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