2013 Annual Report
Now available for download and online viewing! Download the 2013 Annual Report: “Working Together to Protect Our Watershed” (3MB PDF) The Okanagan Basin Water Board … Read more
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Annual public meeting of Osoyoos Lake Board of Control – September 10
You are invited to attend the 2013 annual public meeting of the International Joint Commission’s Osoyoos Lake Board of Control. This year the meeting will … Read more
Okanagan Groundwater Monitoring Project 2013 Summary
The Okanagan Groundwater Monitoring Project is an initiative to increase the monitoring of priority aquifers in the Okanagan region. A 2013 Project Summary was recently … Read more
Irrigation critical
September 4, 2013 – Vernon Morning Star
Okanagan Basin Water Board considers asking province to reopen talks on national park
September 4, 2013 – Osoyoos Times
Summary Report added for Hydrologic Connectivity Study
The Hydrologic Connectivity study considers how water utilities are connected hydrologically (how water flows through the Okanagan valley) and legally (through water licencing). A new … Read more
Monitoring mussels
September 2, 2013 – Castanet – Central Okanagan
Valley-wide “Make Water Work” contest nets a winner
Kelowna, B.C. – This summer, more than 800 Okanagan residents pledged to “Make Water Work” – committing to water conservation, and entering a contest for … Read more
Water Wise winner
August 29, 2013 – Global Okanagan
New website for OBWB
Please join us at our Annual Meeting in Kelowna on September 6 for the official unveiling of the new OBWB website. In the meantime, we … Read more
Local water supply above average
August 28, 2013 – Vernon Morning Star
MAKE WATER WORK: Let your lawn grow
August 28, 2013 – Vernon Morning Star
2013 Annual Meeting – September 6
Our Annual Meeting will be held on Friday, September 6, 2013 in Kelowna, B.C. at the Rotary Centre for the Arts from 9:00am till noon. … Read more
Win $5000 to water-wise your yard – make water work contest ends Friday
August 20, 2013 – InfoTel Multimedia
Saving water for Okanagan farmers
Kelowna Capital News – August 16, 2013 Without water, vegetation, including our food crops, stands little chance of survival in the heat of an Okanagan … Read more
Enderby joins the battle over invasive mussels
Vernon Morning Star – August 14, 2013 The fight over invasive species is making waves in the Shuswap. Enderby’s Shuswap River Ambassadors are helping promote … Read more
RDOS urges local citizens to make ‘WaterWise pledge’ in coming weeks
August 14, 2013 – Osoyoos Times
Make Water Work
Vernon Morning Star – August 7, 2013 Most of the residential water we use in the Okanagan is used outside on our lawns and gardens. … Read more
Don’t Move a Mussel – webinar
On June 19, 2013 the OBWB and Okanagan WaterWise held a free online seminar regarding zebra and quagga mussels, the impact an invasion would have … Read more
Listen to Make Water Work radio ads
Find our Make Water Work radio ads here: Radio ad #1: Don’t mow. Let it grow. Leave grass 2-3 inches tall. Water stays longer when … Read more
New practices taking root in the Okanagan
InfoTel Multimedia – August 3, 2013 Whether it’s embracing a yellowed lawn, or landscaping with drought resistant plants, residents in the Okanagan Valley are finding … Read more
Put water from your home to work in your garden
Lake Country Calendar – August 1, 2013 Most of the residential water we use in the Okanagan is used outside on our lawns and gardens. … Read more
If you water your lawn Make Water Work!
July 31, 2013 – Osoyoos Times
Okanagan charr farm survives upstream battle
Penticton Western News – July 30, 2013 Taking shape inside a cluster of buildings on a rural property near Oliver is a fish farm its … Read more
Agreement with province clears way for milfoil control
Penticton Western News – July 30, 2013 With the associated regulatory mess squared away, work can begin to mow down an invasive species that’s made … Read more