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Valley water use challenges loom

February 1, 2023January 30, 2023

Kelowna Daily Courier – January 30, 2023

Categories Articles, In the News Tags agriculture, BC Fruit Growers Association, farmland, irrigation, Okanagan valley, UBC-Okanagan

UBC Okanagan study to investigate where Eurasian watermilfoil occurs in lakes

December 29, 2022December 3, 2022

Kelowna Capital News – December 3, 2022 A UBC Okanagan pilot project is seeking to better pinpoint and map where the beginnings of Eurasian watermilfoil … Read more

Categories Articles, In the News Tags LiDAR, milfoil, UBC-Okanagan

Fires, flooding, droughts: new research studies Okanagan collectively

July 7, 2020June 7, 2020

Infonews – June 7, 2020 The Okanagan natural assets are a draw for its residents but how they are being protected is something that’s getting … Read more

Categories Articles, In the News Tags one water, UBC-Okanagan

New tools to predict flooding

July 7, 2020June 7, 2020

Penticton Herald – June 7, 2020 With many eyes on rising lake levels these days, researchers from UBC Okanagan’s Lifecycle Management Laboratory are partnering with … Read more

Categories Articles, In the News Tags flooding, UBC-Okanagan

Dozens attend community water forum at Kelowna library hosted by UBC Okanagan

January 2, 2020November 19, 2019

Global Okanagan – November 19, 2019 Dozens of people attended a community forum hosted by UBC Okanagan at Kelowna’s library on Tuesday night. A panel … Read more

Categories Articles, In the News Tags Community Water Forum, UBC-Okanagan

World-renowned water champion comes to Okanagan to celebrate UN World Water Day

March 17, 2016

Kelowna, B.C. – The Okanagan Basin Water Board’s Okanagan WaterWise program has teamed up with the Okanagan Institute for Biodiversity, Resilience, and Ecosystem Services (BRAES-UBC … Read more

Categories Articles, Featured, Media Releases Tags BRAES, Canada Water Week, Margaret Catley-Carlson, UBC-Okanagan, UN World Water Day

Join us March 22 for “exSTREAMS: The Okanagan water story and you”

March 15, 2016March 10, 2016

We’re very pleased to invite you to this year’s popular and FREE annual public forum, celebrating UN World Water Day-Canada Water Week on March 22, … Read more

Categories Articles, Featured, Media Releases Tags BRAES, Canada Water Week, exSTREAMS, Okanagan Institute for Biodiversity Resilience and Ecosystem Services, UBC-Okanagan, UN World Water Day

UBC study measures endocrine disruptors in Okanagan wastewater

September 3, 2013May 5, 2010

May 5, 2010 – UBC-Okanagan UBC researchers conducting the ongoing Okanagan Endocrine Disruptor Study have determined that concentrations of endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs,  referred to … Read more

Categories In the News Tags endocrine disruptors, UBC-Okanagan

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  • Okanagan Water Board seeks grant applications to address drought & other water challengesNovember 30, 2023
  • Okanagan Water Board remains on drought watch as outdoor conservation campaign comes to closeNovember 8, 2023
  • Board Report – October 2023October 6, 2023
  • Annual meeting taps into water solutions to meet valley’s climate & other challengesSeptember 6, 2023
  • Okanagan Drought Bulletin – August 17, 2023August 17, 2023

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  • Okanagan Water Board seeks grant applications to address drought & other water challenges
    Kelowna, B.C. – The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) is now accepting applications to its Water Conservation and Quality Improvement (WCQI) grant program for 2024. ... Read more
  • Weather Report – December 2023
    NOAA (U.S. weather agency) continues to forecast a warmer-and-drier-than-normal winter due to El Niño conditions. The areas forecast to have low precipitation become more geographically ... Read more
  • Board Report – November 2023
    The Okanagan Basin Water Board’s monthly Board Report provides highlights from this week’s Board of Directors meeting. The monthly report provides up-to-date information about the ... Read more
  • Okanagan Water Board remains on drought watch as outdoor conservation campaign comes to close
    Kelowna, B.C. – As residential irrigation systems get blown out and as people put their gardens to bed, the Okanagan Basin Water Board is still ... Read more
  • Weather Report – November 2023
    Seasonal forecasts continue to project a warmer-and-drier-than-normal fall and winter due to continued El Niño conditions. Okanagan Lake is below normal, and the provincial dam ... Read more
  • Join us for the 2024 Environmental Flows Conference
    WHEN: March 13-15, 2024 WHERE: Coast Capri Hotel – 1171 Harvey Ave, Kelowna, B.C. siwɬkʷ (WATER) FOR ALL: CO-CREATING FUTURES For more information about the ... Read more

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