Strategic Plan Approved in Principle
In June, the Board held a joint session with the Okanagan Water Stewardship Council to contribute to an OBWB five-year strategic plan. This plan, presented … Read more
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Board Report – October 2013
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
Interview: Tim Morris on B.C.’s Water Movement
Water Canada – September 23, 2013 The POLIS Water Sustainability Project’s first Creating a Blue Dialogue webinar of the year will take place September 26.The … Read more
Okanagan water board braces for potential invasion
Penticton Western News – September 12, 2013 An unexpected parental leave was partly to blame for a near-miss in the Shuswap that could have caused … Read more
Dry valley climate forces innovation
Kelowna Capital News – September 10, 2013
Partners powerful for Okanagan Basin Water Board
Vernon Morning Star – September 11, 2013 The importance of partnerships highlighted the Okanagan Basin Water Board’s annual meeting in Kelowna. As the Okanagan faces … Read more
BC Government Commits to Water Sustainability
Welcome to Kelowna Now – September 11, 2013 Fresh water is one of British Columbia’s most valuable natural resources. It provides us with clean energy, … Read more
Climate change will result in more catastrophic weather events, says expert at water board AGM
Osoyoos Times – September 11, 2013 Climate change is going to result in larger and more frequent catastrophic weather events across Canada and around the … Read more
OBWB boss praises partnerships as key to organization’s success over the past 40 years
Osoyoos Times – September 11, 2013 A small organization like the Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) would not have so many success stories over the … Read more
Unpredictable weather is the new normal
Kelowna Capital News – September 10, 2013
Partnerships help OBWB innovate
Kelowna Capital News – September 9, 2013
Extreme weather in the forecast
September 7, 2013 – Kelowna Daily Courier
Water Board annual meeting focuses on partnerships as critical in water protection
Kelowna, B.C. – Partnerships and their importance in the work of the Okanagan Basin Water Board were highlighted and celebrated as the agency held its … Read more
MAKE WATER WORK: Plan next year’s yard now
September 6, 2013 – Vernon Morning Star
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
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