Regulating Private Wells

I read an interesting article in our local "newspaper" this weekend. I put the word newspaper in quotes because this paper is not very professionally written, but is rather written by locals who include a lot of editorial comments mixed in with their "news" articles. Nevertheless, this article was regarding the regulation of the use of water by folks who have wells on their private (home) property. Out little town experienced quite a dry summer and fall last year, and so had to put some restrictions on the use of city water. There is a fellow living around here who has elected and re-elected to the Board of Supervisors for this Northern Virginia county. This fellow has been tossing around the idea of putting meters on private wells so that people who have them do not use more than their fair share of the water in this county. He seems to think it would help conserve water and make this town less desirable for further growth and development--something that apparently a powerful group of people here think is a good thing. This town is so anti-development, anti-progress, that they refuse (and have been refusing) to build a much needed new high school to alleviate the overcrowding of the local high school. So back to the well regulation, I don't think this idea is very good for anyone. Putting meters on private wells would not only cost the county a ton of money, but can you imgine trying to get access to some of these rural farms and homes? Who would determine how much water a family can/should use? My family of six certainly uses more water than the childless couple who lives behind us. We do more laundry and absolutely flush our toilets more often than those neighbors. Would this water regulation also put a limit on toilet flushing? It just seems like a crappy (no pun intended) solution to the water troubles this area is experiencing.