This was the headline of a story in the KW Record Thursday April 9. A 1980 Region of Waterloo policy that restricts the amount of groundwater that can be pumped out of the aquifers beneath Wilmot Township has been rescinded. This policy was enacted years ago to stop overpumping of ground water and sending it to the cities, while wells ran dry in the rural areas. The staff asked councillors to rescind the policy , saying it was created before provincial government safeguards existed, protecting groundwater supplies. They even said that they may need to take even more water from Wilmot in the future. Wilmot Mayor Natasha Salonen had proposed that the policy be reviewed before being revoked. Her motion also called for data to be made public on a regular basis on the health of the aquifer, total volume of water being taken and well performance indicators if more water is taken from Wilmot. But the councillors didn't agree with her that the policy should be reiewed and decided to ditch it all together....