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Weather Report – January 2019

Posted on February 5, 2019

According to the snow pillows and snow surveys, the Okanagan is slightly below normal. In a typical year, we have about 55% of the annual snow accumulation by Jan. 15, but the graphs below show that actual amount vary sharply…

Communicating EFNs media panel

Posted on October 14, 2018

Facilitator: Corinne Jackson Corinne is responsible for getting the word out about Okanagan water issues and the activities of the OBWB, and is the staff lead on the Okanagan WaterWise communication strategy. Corinne is uniquely suited for this role –…

Board Report – February 2019

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 ... Read more >
Weather Report – January 2019

According to the snow pillows and snow surveys, the Okanagan is slightly below normal. In a typical year, we have about 55% of the ... Read more >
Board Report – December

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 ... Read more >
Okanagan Water Board announces major change to grant program

Kelowna, B.C. – The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) is now accepting applications to its revamped 2019 Water Conservation and Quality Improvement (WCQI) Grant ... Read more >
Okanagan Water Board calls for B.C. legislation to protect B.C. waters from invasive mussels

Kelowna, B.C. – The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) is renewing a call for legislation that would require all out-of-province watercraft to be inspected ... Read more >

Our water future is just beginning
“Patience, time and money accommodate all things.” – Spanish Proverb BC is in the middle of another resource development boom. Water isn’t one of them, but as always, is central to everything. More than 100 years ago, the Water Act was … Continue reading →
Not waiting for Noah
“Planning is best done in advance.” – Anonymous Flying into Calgary at the end of June, everyone on the plane was glued to the windows, staring at the mess of mud and debris from the Great Flood. Eventually, rivers always … Continue reading →
Zebra mussels: scarier than Jurassic Park.
“They’ll clump on rock, they’ll clump in pipe, and they’ll clump mussel-next-to-mussel-atop-mussel in astonishing congregations of as many as 70,000 individuals a square foot” – Sue McGrath It’s hard to get people excited about invisible threats that haven’t arrived yet, but … Continue reading →