Waterloo Region council votes to rescind water taking policy with Wilmot

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Regional councillors voted in favour of revoking a 1980 policy in Wilmot Township that restricted the amount of water Waterloo region could take from the township. The move will allow the region to transfer surplus water to the Mannheim Service Area.

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Waterloo Region council votes to rescind water taking policy with Wilmot

Region of Waterloo councillors have voted to scrap a policy from 1980 that limits how much water can be drawn from Wilmot Township.

Decades-old water-taking policy with township in Waterloo Region rescinded

Waterloo Region, Ont,. – Regional council has voted 8-5 in favour of dumping a decades-old policy which limited the amount of water that could be drawn from Wilmot Township. The decision was made amid the region’s continuing water supply shortage. Although some councillors suggested the policy was outdated, Wilmot’s mayor disagreed with the policy’s interpretation that it needed to be rescinded to allow for a flow of 30 litres per second. Develo…