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
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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
Okanagan Water Board announces funding for projects to protect valley water
The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) has approved $300,000 in funding to 18 projects that will help conserve and improve the quality of water in … Read more
Province steps up mussel interception, but non-government sector pays the bill
April 6, 2016 – Osoyoos Times The B.C. government has stepped up its program to intercept invasive zebra and quagga mussels entering the province with … Read more
Okanagan Basin Water board hands out grants
Kelowna Capital News – April 6, 2016 The Okanagan Basin Water Board has awarded $300,000 in funding to 18 projects that will help conserve and … Read more
Stable mussel funds sought
Vernon Morning Star – April 5, 2016 Victoria is under pressure to ensure efforts to stop mussels don’t collapse. The Okanagan Basin Water Board will … Read more
Editorial: Mussel funding requires certainty
Vernon Morning Star – March 31, 2016 There was a lot of back slapping Wednesday as Premier Christy Clark and MLA Eric Foster announced an … Read more
Okanagan Water Board welcomes provincial effort to protect BC from invasive mussels
Kelowna, B.C. – The Okanagan Basin Water Board applauds the Province of B.C. and several partners who have come forward to help establish the inspection … Read more
Province to establish permanent inspection stations against invasive mussels
March 30, 2016 – Osoyoos Times B.C. will be establishing eight permanent inspection stations at entry points into the province in an effort to stop … Read more
Mussel defence improves
March 30, 2016 – Castanet They haven’t been found in the water, but they are no stranger to B.C. Invasive mussels have been discovered in … Read more