Okanagan residents challenged to use water wisely this summer
May 13, 2016 – Westside Weekly Mayors in the Okanagan are challenging each other, and the residents of their communities, to conserve water this spring … Read more
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Make Water Work plant collection gives residents drought resistant garden options
May 13, 2016 – Kelowna Capital News The Make Water Work challenge lays out several ways residents can conserve water with one community in the … Read more
Local mayors urge residents to conserve water
May 13, 2016 – Kelowna Capital News Municipal leaders from around the Okanagan gathered Wednesday to urge residents to change their water use habits and … Read more
Record April heat shrinks snowpack
May 12, 2016 – Kelowna Daily Courier Record-breaking temperatures in April melted a lot of the snowpack for the Okanagan and boosted seasonal runoff. The … Read more
Okanagan mayors want you to conserve water
May 12, 2016 – Kelowna Now The “Make Water Work” annual conservation campaign kicked off in the Okanagan on Wednesday morning. A group of mayors … Read more
Warm spring, early fire season, prompts Okanagan mayors to gather & urge water conservation
Kelowna, B.C. – On the heels of last summer’s extreme drought, and with the possibility of another one this summer, valley mayors gathered this morning … Read more
Valley mayors urge conservation ahead of possible drought
May 11, 2016 – InfoNews.ca With possible drought looming, mayors from Osooyoos to Armstrong are urging valley residents to voluntarily begin conserving water ahead of … Read more
Officials urge Okanagan residents to be ‘water wise’ this summer
May 11, 2016 – Global News Municipal leaders from around the Okanagan held a press conference Wednesday to urge their constituents to cut down on … Read more
Mayors urge conservation
May 11, 2016 – Castanet Mayors and councillors from cities up and down the Valley gathered in Kelowna with a common message: conserve water. On … Read more
Board Report – May
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
Large snowpacks, early melt mean uncertain forecast
April 20, 2016 – Osoyoos Times With warm temperatures this spring, snowpack is melting faster than usual, but this year there’s more snow than last … Read more
Milfoil growing like a weed
April 20, 2016 – Castanet Bill Ferguson is fed up with the proliferation of noxious weeds around the front of his complex next to Gyro … Read more
Above normal temps may cause flooding
April 19, 2016 – Vernon Morning Star The province’s snow melt freshet season is now underway. Snow melt has been observed at most of the … Read more
We’re Hiring! Communications & Outreach Coordinator
Love our waters? Enjoy talking with people? Have a solid communications background? We’re looking for a Communications and Outreach Coordinator – someone who can create … Read more
Missed our Water Supply webinar?
Find out what’s happening with the Okanagan’s water supply, including reservoir levels, groundwater, drought conditions and weather forecasts. View YouTube recording below: OR, click here … Read more
Inspection station frustration
April 15, 2016 – Castanet Confusion over where an invasive mussel inspection station will be set up is causing problems in Osoyoos. According to David Karn with … Read more
Penticton location of mussel inspection base should not be a concern, say OBWB and provincial officials
April 13, 2016 – Osoyoos Times The decision to base a permanent inspection and decontamination station for invasive mussels in Penticton rather than Osoyoos is … Read more
Report: Building Drought Resilience in the Okanagan
A new report, Building Drought Resilience in the Okanagan – Phase I: Gap Analysis and Recommendations, has been posted to our website. Download or view the … Read more
Water Supply Webinar – Friday April 15
Are we heading for flooding or drought? Both, or neither? Join us for our annual water supply webinar this Friday, April 15, 11 a.m. to … Read more
Boating season drives mussel warning
April 10, 2016 – Vernon Morning Star Boaters are heading back on to local lakes and they’re being urged to keep unwelcome invaders from hitching … Read more
Board Report – April
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
Hullcar source under review
Vernon Morning Star – April 8, 2016 Government officials insist the source of water contamination still isn’t known in a Spallumcheen neighbourhood. While some residents … Read more
Okanagan Water Board provides $300,000 in grants to fund upcoming projects
April 7, 2016 – Kelowna Now Water improvement projects in the Okanagan Valley can now get underway thanks to $300,000 in funding from the Okanagan … Read more
Conservation projects gain support from water board
April 7, 2016 – Kelowna Daily Courier The Okanagan Basin Water Board announced $300,000 in funding for 18 projects that will help protect or conserve … Read more
Cash grants for Okanagan water protection projects
April 7, 2016 – Global News The Okanagan Basin Water Board has loosened the funding tap for projects designed to help protect the valley’s water … Read more