Well Water and Groundwater in the Woodbine Area
Carroll County
Summary
The community relies entirely on private wells amid a county-wide voluntary water restriction and multi-year drought. Neighbors say a 150-dog kennel could use well over 2,000 gallons a day, straining fractured-rock aquifers, and worry about waste runoff feeding toward the Gillis Falls watershed and Chesapeake Bay.
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Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Sep 22, 2026.
Impact analysis
A dry or contaminated well can mean a major financial hardship for a household, as several neighbors testified.
The kennel would gain access to groundwater for cleaning, bathing, and laundry at no added public cost.
Well-dependent households near the site, particularly those like one neighbor whose well already has poor percolation.
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