WaterWise Youth Win Big in Okanagan “Map Your Tap” Challenge
Kelowna, B.C. – In celebration of B.C. Drinking Water Week, the Okanagan Basin Water Board is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Okanagan … Read more
admin
Okanagan students act out water path to the tap
Global News – May 8, 2014 KELOWNA, B.C. – Okanagan students from Vernon and Summerland have come out on top when it comes to demonstrating … Read more
Council encourages action on mussels
Sicamous Eagle Valley News – May 7, 2014 Sicamous council is encouraging B.C.’s environment ministry to put some muscle into protecting local lakes from invasive … Read more
Muscles flexed over mussels
Castanet – May 1, 2014 Vernon City Council is fed up with the lack of federal and provincial government concern over zebra and quagga mussels … Read more
Stop the invaders
Cranbrook Daily Townsman – April 30, 2014 A board that includes municipalities from the Okanagan is hoping that Cranbrook council will get behind their push … Read more
Job Posting: Communications & Outreach Coordinator
The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) is seeking a highly motivated individual with excellent interpersonal, research, writing and organization skills to fill the position of … Read more
Okanagan Wetlands Strategy completes phase one
Kelowna Capital News – April 23, 2014 The Central Okanagan has some of the better protections for wetlands in the Okanagan and Similkameen valleys, according … Read more
Funding for water projects
Castanet – April 18, 2014 Water related projects have been given a boost thanks to funding from the Okanagan Basin Water Board, OBWB. The Regional … Read more
Flex your mussels
Vernon Morningstar – April 8, 2014 Okanagan residents are increasingly concerned about being invaded, but the Great Lakes basin has experienced the nightmare for years. … Read more
Coldstream contamination case spotlights local government liability
Lake Country Calendar – April 7, 2014 Okanagan water suppliers are being warned to learn from a contamination case. Okanagan Basin Water Board officials have … Read more
Cosens Bay water monitored
Vernon Morningstar – April 4, 2014 Officials want to get a better sense of what’s happening in the water offshore from Cosens Bay. The Regional … Read more
Board Report – April 2014
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
Funding for Water Projects
AM1150 – April 3, 2014 The Okanagan Basin Water Board has approved $300,000 in funding to 20 projects that will help conserve and improve the … Read more
Funding flows to Okanagan projects that will protect valley water
Kelowna, B.C. – The Okanagan Basin Water Board has approved $300,000 in funding to 20 projects that will help conserve and improve the quality of … Read more
Officials targeted over mussel risk
Vernon Morningstar – April 2, 2014 Okanagan residents are being rallied to fight invaders. The Okanagan Basin Water Board decided Tuesday to consider ways of … Read more
Okanagan residents warned about invasive mussel species
Lake Country Calendar – April 2, 2014 Okanagan residents are being rallied to fight invaders. The Okanagan Basin Water Board decided Tuesday to consider ways … Read more
Invasive quagga mussels stopped at border by alert CBSA officer
Osoyoos Times – March 27, 2014 A potential infestation of the Okanagan lakes with quagga mussels was averted recently thanks to an alert customs officer … Read more
Updates on tap for 105-year-old water plan
Vernon Morning Star – March 23, 2014 The Okanagan Water Stewardship Council’s initial reaction to B.C.’s proposed water act is positive, but a council committee … Read more
Mussels spread avoided
Vernon Morning Star – March 21, 2014 The Okanagan escaped a close call with an invasive species that has devastated ecosystems across North America.
Mussel menace averted
Kelowna Daily Courier – March 21, 2014 Okanagan Lake dodged a bullet when a sharp-eyed border guard noticed invasive mussels on a boat destined for … Read more
Mussel scare a wake-up call
Vernon Morning Star – March 21, 2014 It should be considered a shot across the bow for federal and provincial officials.
Celebrating World Water Week
Kelowna Capital News – March 21, 2014
Zebra mussels stopped at Osoyoos border crossing
Penticton Western News – March 20, 2014 Another near-miss involving invasive mussels on a boat headed for B.C. underscores the need for senior governments to … Read more
Quagga mussel scare
Keremeos Review – March 20, 2014 An alert Canadian border crossing agent may have staved off a potential disaster for Okanagan Lake after spotting quagga … Read more
Okanagan waterways spared devastating mussel infestation thanks to one careful look
Province – March 20, 2014 VERNON – Alert border officials are being credited for stopping an invasive species of mussel from entering waterways in B.C.’s … Read more