The Region of Waterloo Water Supply Capacity Allocation Policy has been developed to ensure a fair, simple and fully transparent way to allocate water supply capacity to area municipalities in the Mannheim Service Area to support future growth, as water becomes available.

The policy outlines that the Region of Waterloo will allocate “bucket capacity” of water to area municipalities, with area municipalities having the primary role of committing water supply capacity to site-specific developments in their municipalities. 

Building permit approvals continue where no additional water demand is required. Additionally, schools, child care and religious institutions are able to proceed and certain types of commercial and institutional development can proceed provided no additional demand is generated.  

In the majority of Cambridge and Wilmot (Baden, New Hamburg specifically) and all of North Dumfries, Wellesley, and other areas outside the Integrated Urban System, approvals continue as they have been.