Mayor welcomes reservoir decision
Victoria has backed off any immediate plans to sell property around high-elevation reservoir lakes. The provincial government has placed a decision on Okanagan reservoir lake … Read more
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OKANAGAN RESERVOIR LAKES DECISION ON HOLD
VICTORIA – The Province will not make a decision on recreational lot sales in the Okanagan reservoir lakes area until local elected officials and First … Read more
The Local Politics of Liquidity
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Set sail with Science
Ten thousand years ago a boat tour of Okanagan Lake might have included looking around the shorelines of Shuswap and Kalamalka Lakes. While the receding … Read more
Joe Rich may be tapped out
Joe Rich may be tapped out. According to a study ordered by the Regional District, the amount of water being used in Joe Rich may … Read more
Sockeye’s success near Osoyoos is a miracle in the desert
VANCOUVER — Of all the places least likely to see a revival of wild salmon, the southern Okanagan must top the list. There, in Canada’s … Read more
City raises glass to drinking water
Armstrong is endorsing the Okanagan Basin Water Board when it comes to recommendations on drinking water. The support came after an OBWB report was presented … Read more
SNOWPACK AND WATER SUPPLY BULLETIN
VICTORIA – After an unseasonably cold April and cool temperatures in early May, snowmelt accelerated over the Victoria Day weekend. Five days of above normal … Read more
New York City drinking water among cleanest in world, report says
NEW YORK —A new report says New York City has some of the cleanest and least expensive drinking water in the world, thanks to solid … Read more
Water regulators mandate water conservation east of S.F. Bay
SAN FRANCISCO – About 1.3 million water customers east of San Francisco Bay must cut back on their water use under rules imposed amid the … Read more
Sacrificing water quality for quantity
The proposed U.S. budget for 2009 would provide money to USGS for determining national water use but cut funding for the agency’s water-quality programs.
Groundwater project idea needs funding
Groundwater use should be licensed and a pilot licensing program should be started in the Okanagan, according to the Okanagan Basin Water Board. At present, … Read more
Boat moorage space starting to dry up
Brent Corlazzoli and his partners figure it may be time to sell the 24-foot cruiser they’ve drifted through more than a few hot, summer evenings … Read more
Province antes up water supply funds
Provincial funding is being pumped into a review of the Okanagan’s water supply Victoria is providing $150,000 to the Coldstream-based Okanagan Basin Water Board to … Read more
Group opposed to water sales
Members of the Okanagan Basin Water Board are asking that lands minister Pat Bell come to a board meeting to update them on a proposal … Read more
Western U.S. droughts caused by humans
Recent droughts in the western U.S. are not due to natural cycles, a new study shows.
Lake Mead Could Be Within a Few Years of Going Dry, Study Finds
Lake Mead, the vast reservoir for the Colorado River water that sustains the fast-growing cities of Phoenix and Las Vegas, could lose water faster than … Read more
‘It’s nuts’ to sell lots on drinking water reservoirs
Civic politicians in the Okanagan are frustrated. “There’s pretty solid support for not selling recreation lots on domestic reservoirs, yet they (the province) seem determined,” … Read more
Water supply study funded
The Okanagan Basin Water Board has received a grant of $160,000 from the Canada-B.C. Water Supply Expansion program to go towards a water supply and … Read more
Water board tax hike supported
The hike in taxes for the Okanagan Basin Water Board came under fire, then received support from the regional district recently. The Regional District of … Read more
Urban sprawl paves over wetlands
The remaining wetlands in Kelowna cover just one per cent of the city’s land base. It’s estimated that 85 per cent of the wetlands in … Read more
RBC announces Blue Water Project advisory panel
North American water experts and community leaders to help set strategy and develop assessment guidelines
Climate change could be bad for business
He’s no Al Gore, and his slide show on global warming didn’t have nearly the same dramatic effect as ‘An Inconvenient Truth’. But Environment Canada … Read more
New report delves into groundwater resources
If valley residents use the existing water resources faster than they can be replenished, there will be water shortages here in the valley—and we don’t … Read more
Lack of Snowfall Bad Sign for Replenishing Water Supply
We’ve had an early warning. Skis are scraping rocks in the mountains around the Okanagan Valley where they normally wouldn’t at this time of year. … Read more