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Kelowna Capital News

Water evaporation study underway

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Categories In the News Tags Lake Evaporation

Eurasian milfoil mechanical harvesters on a tighter leash

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Check your irrigation systems for potential water savings

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Agricultural Water Reserve status under discussion

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Water quality and quantity tackled with project grants

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Registration opens on forum for U.S.- Canada water agreement

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The many benefits of WaterWise gardening in the dry Okanagan

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Protecting and Respecting Valuable Resource

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Drinking water source protection open for discussion

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Categories In the News Tags source protection

Slater retains involvement in provincial water issues

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Variety of activities put fun and serious focus on water

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Water board grants

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Revolutionizing water management

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Water board says public left out

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Water grant deadline approaches

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Categories In the News Tags Grants

Okanagan groundwater monitoring project to launch next spring

An innovative groundwater monitoring project involving all levels of government and the
Okanagan Basin Water Board should result in creation of the first six monitoring wells by
spring next year.

Categories In the News Tags Groundwater

Grants available for Okanagan water conservation projects

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Categories In the News Tags Grants

Hip Hop Environmental Plea

A fast-rapping UBCO student wants to win the FortisBC Invent the Future contest

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Opinion poll shows fresh water supply a concern in B.C.

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Water runoff shouldn’t be wasted

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Categories In the News Tags runoff, Stormwater

Protect Okanagan Lake from excessive urban runoff

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Categories In the News Tags runoff, Stormwater

Hydrological illiteracy stops utilizing of valuable resource

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Municipalities touting rain garden option to developers

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Public needs to think more about rainwater management

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Climate change workshop

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