Tag: Okanagan Basin Water Board
Okanagan Water Board Renews Call for Stronger Invasive Mussel Regulations
The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) is calling for additional regulations to further protect B.C. waters from invasive mussels.
“Until we know we are in...
Level 3 Drought in Okanagan Region and Across B.C.
Warm and dry conditions have prompted the British Columbia to announce a Level 3 drought for much of the province, including the Okanagan region.
Low...
Okanagan Communities Reaffirm Water Conservation Committment
Okanagan Valley’s mayors gathered yesterday at the UnH20 Gardens to talk water conservation. Following a difficult year of flood, record-breaking temperatures, and as talk...
Okanagan Basin Water Board Receives $1.45M for Floodplain Mapping
The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) held a joint news conference with representatives from the provincial government, Okanagan Nation Alliance, and City of Kelowna to...
Okanagan Basin Water Board Expands Program on Zebra and Quagga Mussels
Since the Okanagan Basin Water Board and it’s Okanagan WaterWise program launched the Don’t Move A Mussel campaign in 2013, the level of awareness...
Okanagan Basin Water Board Proposes Province-Wide Water Commission
The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) is proposing to the provincial government a British Columbia water commission to streamline water use reporting and to...
Okanagan Land Use and Water Management Web Portal Re-launched
The Okanagan Collaborative Conservation Program (OCCP) and the South Okanagan Similkameen Conservation Program (SOSCP) have relaunch of their web portal for land use and...
Okanagan Releases Water Use Reporting Tool
The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) unveiled its homegrown Streamlined Water Use Reporting Tool (SWURT) to the public last Friday in West Kelowna, British...