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- Restrictions on Okanagan milfoil control to protect mussels could hurt beaches
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- Okanagan Water Board announces major change to grant program
- Okanagan Water Board calls for B.C. legislation to protect B.C. waters from invasive mussels
- Council Report – November 2018
- Community Water Forum – Nov. 21
- Environmental Flow Needs Conference Leads with Reconciliation
- Water conference brings native, non-natives together
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- Airplane crash delays Okanagan Valley aerial mapping project
- Water Board recognizes water conservation winners
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- Okanagan residents commit to conservation – win WaterWise yard prizes
- Board announces contest winners
- Board Report – October
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- B.C. invasive mussel fight continues into fall season
- Central Okanagan residents reminded to be careful about what they put down the drain
- 20 mussel-fouled watercraft prevented from entering B.C. this summer
- Water responsibility focus for October conference
- Board Report – September
- Mining work going ahead
- North Okanagan parties agree on wastewater recovery centre
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- $37 million wastewater plant proposed for site north of Swan Lake
- Drought level raised in the Okanagan as rain remains scarce
- Okanagan moves into drought level two as hot, dry summer continues
- Okanagan Drought Bulletin – August 24, 2018
- Okanagan reaches Level 2 drought rating
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- Invasion of the mussels
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- North Okanagan petition borrowing process approved for wastewater recovery centre
- More money needed for fight against mussels
- Call to action on mussels
- Water Board Wants More From Feds Against Mussels
- Water basin wants more help to stop invasive mussels
- Concern over invasive mussel threat in the Okanagan
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- Time to rethink approach to floods, speaker says
- Okanagan Water Board annual meeting looks at valley’s water future
- Flood management tackled at AGM of Okanagan Basin Water Board
- Facing the Okanagan’s future flooding issues
- Flood management tackled at AGM of Okanagan Basin Water Board
- Facing the Okanagan’s future flooding issues
- Preparing for Okanagan Valley’s water future
- OLWQS now testing Osoyoos Lake for invasive mussels
- Ottawa to invest in mussel research, education
- OBWB Annual Meeting – August 10
- Now posted! RFP to develop 19 hydrologic models for the Okanagan
- Grant boosts battle to keep invasive mussels out of Okanagan lakes
- New construction flood level may be needed all around Okanagan lake
- Claudia Pahl-Wostl
- Columbia River Treaty renegotiation will impact Okanagan
- Okanagan Drought Bulletin – June 26, 2018
- Protection tips coming in mail for lakefront property owners
- Mechanical problems delay start of invasive milfoil harvest
- Level 1 drought rating remains for Okanagan valley
- Guide to help Okanagan Lake frontage property owners
- Summerland council values local agriculture
- Fight to keep potentially devastating invasive mussels out of Okanagan gains momentum
- Board Report – June
- Free presentation at the unH2O Xeriscape Garden
- INVITE: Poster Submission – Environmental Flow Needs Conference, Oct. 17-18, 2018, Kelowna, B.C.
- Weather Report – May 2018
- Incentive to be water-wise and fire smart
- Mayors get waterwise
- Water sports enthusiasts had lots of crafts to try
- Okanagan communities reaffirm water conservation commitment
- Okanagan mayors trade gavel for gardening gloves & encourage water conservation
- Pledging to Make Water Work
- New online hub for planning guides helps ease access to information
- Council Report – May 2018
- Rising lake shuts down spring milfoil control early
- B.C. 2017 disaster report: Extreme weather here to stay
- OXA plant sale a boost for water-wise gardeners
- Missed our latest Water Supply webinar?
- Okanagan domestic use water well sign-up frustration mounts
- False alarm for invasive mussels found on boat at Osoyoos border
- Rain barrels aid in conservation of water
- Rain barrels, compost bins popular on Earth Day in Kelowna
- Mark Earth Day by planning an eco-friendly yard
- Okanagan water projects get funds to move ahead
- $300K for water quality
- Missed our Water Supply Webinar?
- Valley water projects receive $300,000 in funding
- Feds, B.C. provide funds to help Okanagan map its floodplains
- Okanagan Basin water projects funded
- Council Report – April 2018
- Water supply top of mind
- Okanagan Water Supply Webinar – April 16
- Okanagan valley receives $1.45 million for floodplain mapping
- Okanagan Basin Water Board Receives $1.45 million for floodplain mapping
- Board Report – April
- Save water, buy a rain barrel
- Bracing for spring flooding across Okanagan
- Weather Report – April 2018
- Guidebook for Constructed Wetlands in the Okanagan
- Anti and pro national park petitions wrap up
- Lake Country preparing for floods
- The xeriscape way – Making changes in the garden
- Communities urged to be ready for floods
- Council Report – March 2018
- Curtain comes up on Canada Water Week – Okanagan Water Board hosts free movie night
- Government acted proper in 2017 floods
- Preparing for weather events in Okanagan communities
- Okanagan’s future water needs to be studied thanks to federal funding
- Okanagan streamflows, water demands to be studied
- Board Report – March
- Regional district tax hike could be on the way for Kelowna
- WANTED: Water Demand Model Technician
- YOU ARE INVITED: Local government toolkits webinar for sustainable B.C. communities, March 13
- Weather Report – March 2018
- Mayor continues duty on water board
- New milfoil rototiller nears completion
- Snowpacks well above average for time of year, but too early to predict spring floods
- New tiller joins milfoil fight
- Internal review of the province’s response to floods is complete
- Water board chair re-elected
- Council Report – February 2018
- Board Report – February
- New member of milfoil control fleet
- Rising Okanagan snowpack raises flooding concerns
- Robert Sandford
- Kelowna city councillor re-elected water board chair
- Weather Report – February 2018
- Documentary on local water management wins prestigious award
- Restoring a floodplain
- Okanagan Water Board urges Ottawa for commitment on mussel prevention
- Funds sought for water work
- Council Report – January 2018
- West Kelowna begins harmonization of water rates
- Council Report – November 2017
- Okanagan losing battle to preserve wetlands
- Plan in works for healthcare, flood mapping
- Gov to help clean up lake
- Board Report – December
- An alternative for Okanagan mud boggers
- Okanagan Water Board annual grant program focuses on floods, drought
- Board Report – November
- Documentary examines Okanagan water conflicts
- Council Report – October 2017
- Council Report – September 2017
- Council Presentation – October 12, 2017
- Film guarantees waterworks
- Okanagan’s transboundary waters focus of meeting and film premiere
- Osoyoos Lake Board of Control annual meeting to premiere “A River Film”
- Board Report – October
- Council Presentation – September 7, 2017
- Okanagan Water Board brings mussel-prevention proposal to B.C. Environment Minister
- WaterWise winner
- As summer of wacky weather comes to close in Okanagan, WaterWise residents recognized
- WaterWise residents recognized by Okanagan Basin Water Board
- Okanagan Water Board annual meeting looks at extreme weather & solutions
- Annual Public Meeting to be held September 8, 2017
- Okanagan Drought Bulletin 2 – September 1, 2017
- Okanagan Drought Bulletin 1 – August 22, 2017
- Board Report – August
- Update #7 – August 2017
- Milfoil a growing concern this summer due to freezing, flooding
- Okanagan mayors gather & encourage water conservation in face of weather extremes
- Council Presentation – May 11, 2017
- Council Presentation – April 13, 2017
- Board Report – June
- Okanagan Water Board directors return hopeful after mussel meeting in Ottawa
- Job Posting
- Update #6 – June 2017
- Council Report – May 2017
- Okanagan snow survey highlights
- Flexing federal mussels
- Board Report – May
- Update #5 – May 2017
- DON’T MOVE A MUSSEL Boaters urged to protect waters as mussels move closer to B.C.
- Mussel sniffing dogs
- 17 projects approved to conserve and improve Okanagan Valley water
- Free public forum on threat of invasive mussels
- Water quality improving
- Okanagan Water Board announces funding for conservation projects
- OBWB welcomes new provincial measures aimed at threat of mussel invasion
- Council Report – March 2017
- Okanagan Water Board announces funding for projects to conserve and improve valley water
- Board Report – April
- $300,000 to improve Okanagan water sources
- More to do in fight against invasive mussels says water board
- Lake protection welcomed
- Update #4 – April 2017
- Update #3 – March 2017
- Okanagan Water Board applauds BC mussel prevention program expansion
- Board Report – March
- Okanagan celebrates Canada Water Week with film, contest, panel… & closer look at (waste)ing water
- Update #2 – February 2017
- Rain barrels making a SPLASH in the Central Okanagan
- Council Report – February 2017
- With B.C. budget announcement on the way – Okanagan pushes province to make invasive mussels a priority
- Questions on new B.C. groundwater regulations prompt Okanagan Water Board to help local well-owners
- Board Report – February
- Update #1 – January 2017
- Mussels in Montana prompt Okanagan Basin Water Board to renew calls for stronger prevention by feds and province
- Okanagan renews call for stronger mussel defence with key Pacific NW ally, Montana, now infested
- New app could net you $2,000 reward for catching polluters and poachers in B.C.
- Westward expansion of invasive mussels creeps closer to the Okanagan
- Board Report – December
- Update #5 – December 2016
- Council Report – December 2016
- Envisioning a resilient Okanagan
- New conservation app targets polluters and poachers
- Poachers, dumpers targeted
- Reporting poachers, backwoods garbage dumpers made easy with B.C. Wildlife Federation phone app
- Drought Triggers Workshop – November 16, 2016
- Tips to reduce exposures to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Resources about environmental chemicals
- OBWB again offering grants for water conservation and quality improvement projects in Okanagan
- Okanagan Water Board opens door on water conservation & quality improvement program
- Board Report – November
- Council Report – November 2016
- Update #4 – November 2016
- Board Report – October
- “Flow & Grow” workshop November 29, 2016
- As Okanagan prepares for future droughts, Osoyoos couple clinches $6000 grand prize to WaterWise their yard
- Update #3 – September 28
- Luck with rains and prudent water management prevented repeat of 2015 droughts this year
- Need some accountability
- Kelowna museum explores the meaning of water
- Creek made fish-friendly
- Peachland wins Okanagan Make Water Work competition
- Vaseux Lake milfoil on water board’s radar
- Museum to look at water
- Solid infrastructure and planning has allowed Northern California to survive five-year drought
- Water – we’re all connected
- Water Board Annual Meeting focuses on water management in increasingly interdependent world
- Vaseux Lake community aiming to rid waters of invasive milfoil
- Okanagan Basin Water Board says cooperation and global thinking key to solving water issues
- Milfoil treatment sought for lake in South Okanagan
- You’re Invited! OBWB Annual Meeting – September 9
- Camping ban unpopular
- Residents urged to ‘have the talk’ about invasive mussels
- The OBWB wants you to spread its ‘Don’t Move a Mussel’ campaign
- Okanagan Water Board expands successful “Don’t Move a Mussel” campaign to strengthen mussel defence
- Residents urged to spread word about danger posed by mussels
- Water board seeks public help to stop invasive mussels
- Time for ‘the talk’ about invasive mussels in B.C. lakes says Okanagan Basin Water Board
- The OBWB wants you to spread its “Don’t move a mussel” campaign
- Okanagan Basin Water Board launches “Have… The Talk” campaign in invasive mussel defence
- Mussel campaign expands
- Fight against mussels escalates in the Okanagan
- Don’t move a mussel
- Current invasive mussel inspections insufficient, says Okanagan Basin Water Board
- Mussel checks get support
- Chasing that Make Water Work championship
- Centennial celebration for Summerland Ornamental Gardens
- Board Report – July
- Mussel findings raise concern
- Mussels require greater response
- Water board pushes for longer hours for mussel inspection stations
- Learn to be more water-wise, in Kelowna
- Update #2 – June 29, 2016
- Mobile quagga and zebra mussel prevention trailer takes to the road
- Mussel searches find contaminated boats, prompting calls for stronger inspection program
- Inspection stats show stronger mussel defence needed, says Okanagan Water Board
- RDCO creating a regional flood management plan
- Okanagan water board: not enough being done to stop mussels
- More muscle need in fight against mussels
- Mussel trailer hits the road
- Update #1 – June 1, 2016
- Make Water Work in and around your own home
- Water conservation message
- Make Water Work challenge
- Okanagan residents challenged to use water wisely this summer
- Make Water Work plant collection gives residents drought resistant garden options
- Local mayors urge residents to conserve water
- Record April heat shrinks snowpack
- Okanagan mayors want you to conserve water
- Warm spring, early fire season, prompts Okanagan mayors to gather & urge water conservation
- Valley mayors urge conservation ahead of possible drought
- Officials urge Okanagan residents to be ‘water wise’ this summer
- Mayors urge conservation
- Board Report – May
- Large snowpacks, early melt mean uncertain forecast
- Milfoil growing like a weed
- Above normal temps may cause flooding
- We’re Hiring! Communications & Outreach Coordinator
- Missed our Water Supply webinar?
- Inspection station frustration
- Penticton location of mussel inspection base should not be a concern, say OBWB and provincial officials
- Report: Building Drought Resilience in the Okanagan
- Water Supply Webinar – Friday April 15
- Boating season drives mussel warning
- Board Report – April
- Hullcar source under review
- Okanagan Water Board provides $300,000 in grants to fund upcoming projects
- Conservation projects gain support from water board
- Cash grants for Okanagan water protection projects
- Okanagan Water Board announces funding for projects to protect valley water
- Province steps up mussel interception, but non-government sector pays the bill
- Okanagan Basin Water board hands out grants
- Stable mussel funds sought
- Editorial: Mussel funding requires certainty
- Okanagan Water Board welcomes provincial effort to protect BC from invasive mussels
- Province to establish permanent inspection stations against invasive mussels
- Mussel defence improves
- Fight against invasive mussels in B.C. strengthened with funding of new inspection stations
- Additional cash pumped into mussels fight
- 8 permanent mussel inspection stations being set up in B.C.
- Water warning issued
- Water concerns in the valley
- Okanagan Basin Water Board celebrates World Water Day By
- UBCO to Hold World Water Day Event
- Steps for tainted water
- North Okanagan residents drinking tainted water have ‘fraction of hope’ after hearing government action plan
- Lake, drought in focus
- Think 2015 Was Hot and Weird? Get Ready for Worse, Experts Say
- At work in Ottawa
- MP’s Report: Reaching out to constituents
- World-renowned water champion comes to Okanagan to celebrate UN World Water Day
- LETTERS: Thanks to OBWB for dealing with milfoil problem
- Spring brings out the gardeners
- Extreme weather focus for March 22 panel discussion
- Property purchase allows wetlands project at Okanagan Falls waste water treatment plant to proceed
- Join us March 22 for “exSTREAMS: The Okanagan water story and you”
- Creek water under scope
- Board Report – March
- Changes are planned for the 1998 Kelowna Agriculture Plan
- Rules governing wells and groundwater come into effect across the province
- Rain barrels are making a SPLASH in the Central Okanagan
- Yard cleanup time is here
- Too early to predict a drought in the Okanagan this summer, but early snow melt a worry
- Water board to study groundwater flows in Mission Creek
- Funding to protect B.C. lakes from invasive mussels in the offing?
- Federal funds flow to Okanagan to ensure future water sustainability
- Penticton applies for drought management plan funding
- Premier says help on the way for Okanagan mussel fight
- Gas Tax cash will help study Okanagan water supply and needs
- Federal $397,000 grant to monitor creek water flows
- Province considering permanent inspection stations against invasive mussels at border crossings into B.C.
- Milfoil Control
- Okanagan gains water grant
- Okanagan water board looking for mussel funding in budget
- Gov’t funded mussel tests?
- Water improvement applications overflowing
- Federal funds flow to Okanagan for water sustainability
- Study to focus on local streams
- Okanagan Water Board sends letter to province supporting proposal to control invasive mussels in 2016
- Federal funds flow to Okanagan helping ensure water sustainability
- Cash crunch for water projects
- Federal Funding Helps to Support Okanagan Water Sustainability
- How much water do fish in the Okanagan need?
- New study to look at Okanagan creeks
- Okanagan board supports inspection stations to stop spread of invasive mussels
- Study to look at water needs
- Water project funds announced today
- Study eyes boat traffic
- Snowpacks higher this year, but melt timing and rains will determine if we get drought or floods
- Wetlands talk and your
- Law centre boosts water fight
- Board Report – February
- Battling invasive species? Release the hounds (and drones)
- Penticton council highlights
- Prepare to take the pledge for Peachland and be more waterwise
- RDNO appointments made
- Okanagan water board wants federal Liberals to pony up for invasive mussel fight
- OBWB appeals to new federal government for help to keep invasive mussels out of Pacific Northwest
- Letter to Editor – OBWB urges feds to stop mussel spread
- Board asks Ottawa to flex muscles on mussels
- Water board urges MPs to join mussel fight
- Feds urged to flex mussels
- Urgent need to prevent invasive mussels – Letter from the OBWB to Federal Ministers
- Government Urged to Do More in the Fight Against Invasive Mussels
- Town councillors look back and look ahead
- Year in Review – October – Cannings becoming new MP for SOWK and water meters for Osoyoos made headlines
- Former mayors Stu Wells and Tom Shields not sold on water meters
- Not enough data to support water metering proposal
- The top Kelowna story isn’t glamorous
- Who’s Watching The Water?
- Découverte – L’eau
- Board Report – December
- 10 Years of Water Funding
- Okanagan Water Board celebrates 10 years of funding water protection – opens grant call for 2016
- The future of water
- Okanagan Basin Water Board celebrates
- Board offers sewer extension help
- Board Report – November
- Celebrating collective impact – 10 years of water funding in the Okanagan
- Council adopts consultant’s report as it considers water meter program for Osoyoos
- Osoyoos Lake Water Quality Society proposes lake appreciation day next May
- Mission Creek restoration project begins Monday in Kelowna
- Drought of 2015 called ‘dress rehearsal’ for future local impact of climate change
- Okanagan water board sees water shortage
- Water forum organizers want solutions, not doom-and-gloom response to threats
- Cross border water conference shares ideas, compares notes during drought year
- Streaming along
- Board Report – October 9
- Experts predict more BC droughts
- Our lake, water are too precious to leave only to the experts
- McKortoff named to Osoyoos Lake Board of Control
- Fall landscape changes make water work
- Council meets ministers
- FEATURE – Barry Paull: Turf thirsty turf and replace with drought-tolerant material
- Two Canadians, two Americans appointed to Osoyoos Lake Board
- Make Water Work: time to turf the turf
- Lake Country meets with provincial reps at UBCM
- Fall is the time to turf the turf and Make Water Work
- Fall: a great time to turf that thirsty turf
- Fall: time to replace water-hungry turf with drought-tolerant seed
- Osoyoos hosts major water forums next week
- Workshop to explore Columbia River Treaty
- Victoria undecided on arena process
- Water forum returns to Osoyoos
- Finding desert-friendly plants suitable for the dry, Okanagan climate
- OBWB Drought Update #11
- Vernon politicians at UBCM
- Landscapes can be vibrant in droughts
- City bends premier’s ear
- The lake’s huge… but not infinite
- Water fears in focus
- Osoyoos Lake Water Science Forum Returns
- Election 2015: Roll with the changes—make your politicians help
- Mussels focus of session
- Pair water with plants suitable to dry climate
- International Water Forum returns to Osoyoos – drought, mussels, climate top agenda
- Western Drought and Salmon Top Agenda for 2015 Osoyoos Lake Water Science Forum
- OBWB Drought Update #10
- Conserve water: Choose plants suitable for our dry climate
- Make Water Work: Choose plants suitable for our dry climate
- FEATURE – Eva Antonijevic: Choose plants suitable to our dry climate
- Op-Ed: Good, but not great
- Good, but not great
- Prevention best way to beat mussels, board told
- Mussel invasion costly
- Thomson says inspections have found 26 mussel-infested boats in B.C.
- Water Board celebrates 45 years of water protection & looks ahead at future challenges
- You’re Invited to our Annual Meeting!
- Armstrong taps into honour
- In a summer when it mattered most – Okanagan residents pledged to “Make Water Work” in record numbers
- In a summer when it mattered most Okanagan residents pledge to Make Water Work
- More Okanagan Residents Eager To Help Conserve Water
- Local woman wins water-wise prize
- Record participation for ‘Make Water Work’ contest
- OBWB Drought Update #9
- Drought Workshop – Presentations now available!
- Mussel inspection training turns real when infested boat shows up
- Employment Opportunity – Milfoil Control and Transport Operator
- Mussels revealed on boat
- Don’t move a mussel
- Invasive mollusc of interest shows up at inspection workshop
- Mussel inspection training turns real when infested Ontario boat shows up
- Don’t let irrigation systems get lazy
- Mussel inspection training turns real when infested boat shows up
- In drought conditions learn to use water efficiently
- In drought condition learn to use water efficiently
- Zebra mussels found on boat in Kelowna
- Close call on mussels
- OBWB Drought Update #8
- Okanagan Water Board brings province & local water users together to discuss & address drought
- Annual Meeting – September 4, 2015
- Irrigation tips offered
- OBWB Drought Update #7
- MAKE WATER WORK: Don’t let irrigation systems get lazy
- Don’t let irrigation systems get lazy
- Formula 1 boat racer joins Don’t Move A Mussel campaign
- OBWB Drought Update #6
- Don’t let automated irrigation systems get lazy
- Compost guy has the recipe to make water work
- FEATURE – Bruce Naka: Don’t let automated irrigation get lazy
- Don’t be a drain on the water supply
- Watering restrictions coming for Kelowna August 4th
- Don’t let automated irrigation systems get lazy
- OBWB Drought Update #5
- Okanagan Basin Water Board welcomes Formula 1 racer in “Don’t Move a Mussel” campaign
- Formula 1 tunnel boat race team joins fight against mussel infestation
- Race boat driver hates mussels
- Boat racer doesn’t move a mussel
- Fighting tiny mussels
- Formula 1 racer teams up to raise awareness about invasive mussels
- Don’t Move a Mussel campaign gets a helping hand
- Missed our Water Supply webinar?
- Water conservation funding
- Compost guy piles up evidence
- OBWB Drought Update #4
- Water Supply webinar – July 27
- OBWB Drought Update #3
- Okanagan Basin Water Board urges residents to conserve in face of drought
- Water Board wants policy change to stop illegal ATV use in Okanagan watersheds
- Compost guy has the recipe to make water work in your yard
- OBWB Drought Update #2
- Board demands more action over mussels
- OBWB wants mussel inspection stations
- Ok Water Board wants five inspection stations to look for invasive mussels
- Ok Water Basin wants five inspection stations to look for invasive mussels
- OBWB wants mussel inspection stations
- Compost great for your plants and utilizes water efficiently
- Board demands more action over mussels
- OBWB Drought Update #1
- FEATURE – Dean Dack: Compost great for your plants and uses water efficiently
- Roving inspections still not the right answer – water board
- Water board pleased with government action but more needed on invasive mussels
- Water board pleased with government action but more needed on invasive mussels
- Op-Ed – Victoria ignoring risks to waters
- Tougher stance on mussels
- OBWB pushes for algae protocol
- Okanagan Water Board pleased with new mussel funding, but wants full protection
- Water Board responds to BC announcement on mussel funding
- Board Report – July 10
- Mussel war extends to border
- Early start for milfoil in Okanagan causing trouble
- Mussel war extends to border
- Creek funds flow
- Okanagan-bound boat caught and decontaminated for possible invasive mussel threat
- Okanagan-bound boat caught and decontaminated for possible invasive mussel threat
- Public flower beds are the biggest water waster of all
- Milfoil blooms early
- New mussel regulations applauded by Okanagan Water Board
- New mussel regs applauded by Okanagan Water Board
- Early start for milfoil in Okanagan causing trouble
- Boat checks for invasive mussels now underway
- Water board won’t pay if mussels invade
- Water board warns not enough done to curb invaders
- Invasive mussel species a threat to BC
- Make Water Work
- Okanagan Water Board Refuses Responsibility for Mussel Control
- Calls mount for B.C. to take stronger action against invasive mussels
- Not weak on mussels
- Inspection catches dead invasive mussels in B.C.
- B.C. arrives late to war on mussels
- Water Board calls for action, not words, from senior governments on invasive mussels
- Board Report – June 15
- Invasive mussels threaten B.C.
- Water board won’t pay if BC doesn’t stop invasive species at borders
- Okanagan Water Board taking every possible step to prevent invasive species spread
- Board flexes its mussels
- Make Water Work – Water conservation program takes aim at lawns and gardens
- Water Board releases position statement refusing responsibility for mussel control
- Water Board wants permanent inspection stations for invasive mussels
- Water board calls on province to take action on invasive mussels
- Don’t expect local taxpayers to pay for mussel invasion, OBWB warns province
- Don’t expect local taxpayers to pay for mussel invasion, OBWB warns province
- RBC funds local awareness program on mussels
- RBC funds local awareness program on mussels
- Financial muscle for mussel awareness program
- In memory of John Slater
- Financial muscle for mussel awareness program
- John Slater made lasting impact on Okanagan Basin Water Board
- In memory
- John Slater’s Legacy for Okanagan Water
- OBWB Position Statement on invasive zebra and quagga mussels
- Okanagan Basin Water Board demands more action on invasive mussels
- “State of the Basin” webinar – May 15
- Board Report – May 2015
- Good to the last drop
- Make Water Work launched early in summery hot Okanagan
- Launch of unique project prompts valley mayors to challenge residents to “Make Water Work” in their yards
- Valley mayors push for early start to water conservation
- Valley mayors join Okanagan Water Board to Make Water Work
- We’re Hiring! Communications & Outreach Coordinator
- Short film reveals threat mussels pose to local lakes
- Mussels with wings; the new front in the battle against invasive species
- Six-minute film shows threat posed by invasive mussels
- Mussel invasion documented
- Short film highlights invasive mussel threat to B.C.’s waterways
- Missed this morning’s interview with our Water Stewardship Director Nelson Jatel?
- Film highlights mussels threat
- Hostile mussels
- Okanagan film maker takes up anti-zebra mussel cause
- Filmmaker hopes Okanagan mussel threat documentary will create ‘groundswell of public pressure’
- Mussel Threat – the video
- Brynne Morrice discusses his film “Mussel Threat” with AM1150’s Phil Johnson
- Okanagan filmmaker launches movie – draws attention to menace of invasive mussels
- Local film flexes its mussel
- Concerned Vernon filmmaker asks the government to protect B.C.’s waters
- Provincial funding for invasive mussel control a good start
- Province aims to protect Okanagan waterways
- BC needs border inspection
- Provincial mussels strategy draws criticism
- We must all stop mussels
- More cash to battle invasive mussels
- Boaters will get to know their local inspectors
- Taking aim at invasive mussels
- Provincial announcement on BC mussel defence efforts a “good start”
- $1.3M to fight mussels
- Invasive species battle gains muscle
- Interview – the value of water
- New study looks at attitudes surrounding Canadian water supply
- Okanagan celebrates Canada Water Week with films, kids contest, panel, prizes and more
- Board Report – March 2015
- Funds flow to Okanagan projects that will protect valley water
- Audio: OBWB Chair Doug Findlater on need for BC Government action on mussels
- RDCO Board Highlights
- We need a mussel strategy
- Demands escalate to stop mussel invasion
- Victoria must take action on mussels
- Milfoil drives debate
- Mission Hill water source turned off because of turbidity
- Armstrong pursues funds
- Water studies
- Spallumcheen districts seek water grants
- Why you should return your old drugs – pharmacists weigh in
- Board Report – February
- War on milfoil
- Creeks, ponds need upgrade
- Fairbairn sets the tone for RDNO
- Federal government proposes new measures to fight AIS
- Apply now for water project funding
- Year in review
- New measures to fight AIS
- Beaver Lake drainage study complete in Lake Country
- Federal government announces regulations on aquatic invasive species
- Letter to editor: Tools to fight invasive species
- New measures now proposed to fight aquatic invasive species
- Drainage study completed
- Letter to editor: Don’t move a mussel a strong move
- Letter to editor: Invasive mussels a “whole new category of super-pests”
- New rules fight mussels
- Letter to editor: Don’t move a mussel
- New rules to combat invasive mussels
- Tools to Fight Invasive Species
- Vandalism to Okanagan Milfoil Machine Puts Breaks on Weed Control Efforts
- Milfoil control derailed in Osoyoos because of theft and vandalism
- Okanagan Weed Control Delayed Due to Vandalism
- Vandalism delays Osoyoos Lake weed control
- OBWB offers up grant funding
- Protecting wetlands
- Okanagan Wetlands Benefit From Funds and Strong Partnerships
- $100,000 Funding Announced for Okanagan Wetlands
- Okanagan Wetlands get $100,000 in funding
- Work starts to save wetlands
- Board Report – November
- Okanagan Water Board Offers Funds for Strategic Water Projects
- Water board has money to give away
- Okanagan Water Board Offers Funds for Strategic Water Projects
- Water conservation efforts get boost in West Kelowna
- Restoration project launched for McLauchlan Lake, above Peachland
- Annual Public Meeting – Oct 28 – Osoyoos Lake Board of Control
- Mussels action sought
- Officials unprepared when mussel-infested boat arrived at Osoyoos border crossing
- Atamanenko urges feds to move faster on regulations to stop invasive mussels
- Mussel-infested boat prompted official row at Osoyoos border crossing
- Board Report – October
- Toxic mussels caught at border
- OBWB talk to Steve Thomson about zebra mussel threat at UBCM
- Okanagan Valley increasingly vulnerable to severe climate disruptions, says expert
- Okanagan representatives to meet with province about invasive mussel threat
- Okanagan representatives to meet with province about invasive mussel threat
- Valley increasingly vulnerable to climate change, forum told
- CLSS encourages letter campaign to province to address invasive mussels
- Outdoor water use targeted
- MAKE WATER WORK: Xeriscape works for longtime gardener
- How climate change creates extreme weather
- Water licenses uncertain
- Okanagan: Three wetland restoration initiatives set to motion
- Okanagan Basin Water Board terms extended to four years
- Board Report – September
- Okanagan Basin Water Board Supported
- Okanagan warned to plan water use
- Full agenda for Okanagan Basin Water Board
- Expert urges municipal leaders to form regional water protection strategies soon
- First Nations’ rights supersede water licences
- Kelowna councillor pushes water conservation
- Shared Duty to Protect Okanagan Water the Focus of Annual Meeting
- Okanagan Residents Urged to Reduce Water Consumption
- BC begins mussel inspections
- Tougher water laws coming, board told
- Oliver is Make Water Work Champion
- Local wins water contest
- Oliver is Make Water Work Champion
- Province, feds’ inaction on invasive mussels frustrates local water officials
- OBWB Annual Meeting – September 5, 2014
- Board Report – August
- Oliver takes “Make Water Work Champion” title while Vernon woman wins $5,000 WaterWise yard upgrade
- UBCO: Research into B.C.’s most treasured resource – H2O
- Oliver takes “Make Water Work Champion”
- Oliver best in Okanagan at conserving water, says board
- UBC prof dives into water sustainability
- Triggs family Make Water Work with new Okanagan winery
- Research looks at policy and politics of BC’s most treasured resource: H2O
- Nursery making water work
- Mussels Control
- Water board demands meeting, support in fight against mussels
- Software to help monitor groundwater use on farms
- Mussel Threat – a conversation with Doug Findlater
- Okanagan monitoring mussels
- Water Board Asks Senior Government “Why so slow to act on mussels” – Requests Meeting
- Water board wants quicker action against invasive mussels
- Study to map crops in the Okanagan Valley
- Mussel monitoring launched at harbour
- Mussel meeting demanded
- B.C. Farmers given tool to monitor water use
- Abundance of milfoil in Osoyoos
- Regional district looking for mussels
- Many citizens angry as milfoil out of control on Osoyoos Lake
- From business to home, they ‘make water work’
- Bylands extends efforts to Make Water Work from business to home
- Area councils pledge to Make Water Work
- Project Manager – Okanagan Wetlands Strategy Phase II
- Water works
- Province, feds working to hold back mussel invasion
- EDITORIAL: Conservation key to future
- Conservation key to future
- Officials make water pledge
- Local governments team up to save water this summer
- The Okanagan gets water wise
- Okanagan mayors challenge each other and residents to “Make Water Work” this summer
- Water conservation challenge
- Okanagan Mayors Challenge Each Other and Residents to Make Water Work
- Local Politicians Challenge Residents to Use Less Water
- “Make Water Work” this summer
- MAKE WATER WORK: Okanagan residents make water work in their yard
- Xeriscaping can create beautiful yards
- RBC grant of $90,000 will fund water education throughout Okanagan
- 2014 RBC Blue Water Project donates $90,000 to the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen for valley-wide water conservation projects.
- Control efforts gain muscle
- Join Us – Speak Out on Zebra & Quagga Mussels
- Skepticism voiced over mussel eradication in Lake Winnipeg
- Talks muscled with minister
- Water Board Launches Campaign Calling for Action on Mussel Prevention
- OBWB turns up heat for senior governments to act on mussel threat
- Okanagan Basin Water Board Calls for Action
- Board Report – June
- Water Board Launches Campaign – Urges Okanagan Residents to Press for Action on Zebra Mussels
- Explore the WCQI Projects Database!
- Endocrine-Disrupting Compounds (EDCs) in water in the Okanagan
- Students map the tap
- Water commission proposed
- Salmon Arm pushes for action on invasive mussels
- West Kelowna community open house
- Okanagan Basin Water Board proposes new B.C. water commission
- Okanagan group pitches new B.C. Water Commission
- Public input has no impact on Water Sustainability Act
- UBCO economist and water stewardship directors question ALR change
- Okanagan Basin Water Board Proposes New B.C. Water Commission
- Water stewards re-gift cash prize
- Water stewardship
- Water Council Re-Gifts Award to Okanagan College Water Student
- Board Report – May 2014
- Winning water wise students
- WaterWise Youth Win Big in Okanagan “Map Your Tap” Challenge
- Okanagan students act out water path to the tap
- Council encourages action on mussels
- Muscles flexed over mussels
- Stop the invaders
- Job Posting: Communications & Outreach Coordinator
- Okanagan Wetlands Strategy completes phase one
- Funding for water projects
- Flex your mussels
- Coldstream contamination case spotlights local government liability
- Cosens Bay water monitored
- Board Report – April 2014
- Funding for Water Projects
- Funding flows to Okanagan projects that will protect valley water
- Officials targeted over mussel risk
- Okanagan residents warned about invasive mussel species
- Invasive quagga mussels stopped at border by alert CBSA officer
- Updates on tap for 105-year-old water plan
- Mussels spread avoided
- Mussel menace averted
- Mussel scare a wake-up call
- Celebrating World Water Week
- Zebra mussels stopped at Osoyoos border crossing
- Quagga mussel scare
- Okanagan waterways spared devastating mussel infestation thanks to one careful look
- Okanagan waterways spared devastating mussel infestation thanks to one careful look
- Mussels scare water board
- Mussels found entering B.C.
- Invasive mussels stopped from entering Okanagan Lake
- Invasive mussels spotted at border
- Infested ‘mussel’ boat
- Border control have no ‘mussel’ when it comes to invested watercraft
- B.C. waterways spared devastating infestation thanks to one careful look
- WATCH: Lakes unprotected from mussels
- Invasive mussels stopped from entering the Okanagan
- Agents catch Zebra mussels at Osoyoos border
- Invasive mussels were bound for Okanagan Lake
- Education at Water Week
- Boat at border decontaminated
- Media Alert – Zebra/Quagga mussel-infested boat found at Osoyoos border crossing
- WATCH: Mussels almost make their way into Okanagan Lake
- Kids map their tap
- B.C.’s new water law welcomed
- Positive first steps in new BC water act
- Okanagan Water Stewardship council responds to proposed B.C. water law
- Okanagan celebrates Water Week with several activities
- Events planned to mark World Water Day
- UBC supports World Water Day with community events
- Okanagan Basin Water Board Director Pleased With Water Sustainability Act
- Okanagan celebrates Canada Water Week with film screening, kids contest, panel & prizes
- Invasive mussels plan proposed
- OBWB celebrates Canada Water Week
- Region takes aim at mussels
- WATERMARK – Award-winning documentary – March 17, 2014
- Board Report – March 2014
- Politicians take on mussels
- Invasive species costly to environment
- Invasive mussels back in Okanagan group’s cross-hairs
- Water board wants senior governments to get serious about zebra mussel threat in Okanagan
- CBC Radio – Water group demands action on mussels
- EDITORIAL – Water threat warrants action
- Ottawa and Victoria called on for help in fighting mussels
- Officials demand action on mussels
- Water Board Calls For Urgent Help From Higher Levels of Government
- EDITORIAL: Mussels require prompt action
- Mussel threat prompts call for boat inspections in B.C.
- Study To Check Kal Lake Water Quality
- Board Report – February 2014
- Water Board Wants Senior Governments to Get Serious About Zebra Mussel Threat to Okanagan
- Water forum to hear from government today
- Water Conservation Guide for BC – Now available!
- Boats weeds lake bed
- Rototilling on Okanagan Lakes
- Out with the old, in with the new – Big changes in store for BC’s 100 year-old Water Act
- Grants on tap
- Water Board Opens Intake for Water Conservation and Quality Improvement Grant Applications
- Call for Applications – Water Conservation & Quality Improvement Grant Program
- “One Valley, One Water”
- Wetland loss blamed for most endangered species in Okanagan
- Plan in works to bring back wetlands
- Open House to save Okanagan Wetlands
- Okanagan Wetlands Strategy – Workshop November 28
- Experts share worry for climate change in Penticton
- Discussion on Future of Okanagan Water with Renowned Speaker
- Water management paints Okanagan green from brown
- Westside plant reuses more water
- Saving water saves money
- OBWB submission to the Water Sustainability Act consultation opportunity
- Snow is moving so get ready
- RDCO and Water Board team up for huge savings
- Regional District and Water Board Team Up for Huge Savings
- Treatment plant saves thousands
- Water Reclamation Project Expected to Save $12K Per Year
- RDCO and Okanagan Water Board team up to cut water usage cost
- Workshop on wetlands open to public
- Workshop on wetlands open to public
- Board wants input on legislation
- Water board has suggestions about new water act
- The new Water Sustainability Act – What issues do YOU want addressed?
- OBWB Strategic Plan
- Water board has suggestions about new water act
- Water board holds the line on taxes
- Steeves/Trail Mix: Do your bit to help protect valuable wetlands
- Remaining Okanagan wetlands need protection
- Remaining Okanagan wetlands needs protection
- Winter milfoil control program gets underway on Osoyoos Lake
- Mussel infestation narrowly averted
- Strategic Plan Approved in Principle
- Board Report – October 2013
- Interview: Tim Morris on B.C.’s Water Movement
- Okanagan water board braces for potential invasion
- Dry valley climate forces innovation
- Partners powerful for Okanagan Basin Water Board
- BC Government Commits to Water Sustainability
- Climate change will result in more catastrophic weather events, says expert at water board AGM
- OBWB boss praises partnerships as key to organization’s success over the past 40 years
- Unpredictable weather is the new normal
- Partnerships help OBWB innovate
- Extreme weather in the forecast
- Water Board annual meeting focuses on partnerships as critical in water protection
- MAKE WATER WORK: Plan next year’s yard now
- 2013 Annual Report
- Annual public meeting of Osoyoos Lake Board of Control – September 10
- Okanagan Groundwater Monitoring Project 2013 Summary
- Irrigation critical
- Okanagan Basin Water Board considers asking province to reopen talks on national park
- Summary Report added for Hydrologic Connectivity Study
- Monitoring mussels
- Valley-wide “Make Water Work” contest nets a winner
- Water Wise winner
- New website for OBWB
- Local water supply above average
- MAKE WATER WORK: Let your lawn grow
- 2013 Annual Meeting – September 6
- Win $5000 to water-wise your yard – make water work contest ends Friday
- Saving water for Okanagan farmers
- Enderby joins the battle over invasive mussels
- RDOS urges local citizens to make ‘WaterWise pledge’ in coming weeks
- Make Water Work
- Don’t Move a Mussel – webinar
- Listen to Make Water Work radio ads
- New practices taking root in the Okanagan
- Put water from your home to work in your garden
- If you water your lawn Make Water Work!
- Okanagan charr farm survives upstream battle
- Agreement with province clears way for milfoil control
- If you water your lawn, make your water work
- Make Water Work Campaign
- Agreement cuts red tape for milfoil control program
- Take the pledge to Make Water Work
- Region mussels up infestation protection
- Mussel threat can’t be ignored
- Region mussels up infestation protection
- 5-year go-ahead is an important step – Osoyoos Mayor Stu Wells
- Xeriscape – not zero-scape – your yard
- Don’t let the lake fool you
- Water board given 5-year go-ahead for Okanagan milfoil control
- Water board gets OK for new milfoil plan
- Water Board Given 5-Year Go-Ahead for Okanagan Milfoil Control
- Water board given five year go-ahead for Okanagan milfoil control
- Make water work campaign
- Make Water Work Campaign
- Okanagan Residents Use More Water, But Have Less Than Rest of Canada
- Weighing two new proposed paths for protecting our water
- New money announced to help wetlands areas in the Okanagan
- Water contest to cut down on water waste
- Valley must protect its water
- Wetlands projects gets $160,000 in funding
- Climate expert urges Okanagan residents to conserve water
- BE WATERWISE : Don’t let the beautiful lake fool you
- Water board reaps funding rewards
- Wetlands Strategy and Stream Monitoring Efforts Receive $160,000 in Funding
- Growers seek support
- SLIPP opts to move ahead
- Prevent invasive species from gaining a toehold
- Regional District of North Okanagan directors reveal expenses
- Students Express A Love of Water
- Okanagan kids share love of water in pictures and win
- Okanagan Students Share Love of Water
- Okanagan Water Stewardship Council Wins National Award of Excellence
- Grant funds flow to projects to conserve or improve Okanagan water
- Funds Flow to Projects to Conserve or Improve Okanagan Water
- Demand Grows for Zebra Mussel Inspection Stations
- Public meeting called to address zebra mussel threat to area waters
- Invisible Invaders heading to Okanagan
- Public meeting called to address zebra mussel threat to Okanagan waters
- Okanagan brings fresh ideas to water problems
- Water Day: the Myth of Abundance
- Wild weather brings on water
- Don’t expect panacea
- Ming Pao Saturday Magazine
- Okanagan brings fresh ideas to water problems
- World Water Day in Kelowna – Is Our Water Supply Limitless?
- Water council flush with pride over award
- Okanagan honoured by province for excellence in water stewardship
- Okanagan organization receives national water award
- Love your water body
- Love your water body
- Love your water body
- Sharing the love of water in the Okanagan
- WaterWise challenge launches awareness week
- Okanagan invited to share their love of water during Canada Water Week
- Public Meeting Called to Address Zebra Mussel Threat to Okanagan Waters
- Invasive mussels would ‘devastate’ Okanagan lakes, Wells warns
- Council backs milfoil control
- Zebra Mussels Could Threaten Okanagan Lakes
- Biologist to speak about lake threat
- Mollusk a monster
- What can the Okanagan learn from Vegas?
- Water Conservation & Quality Improvement Grants
- The OBWB is proud to release its new Topsoil Bylaws Toolkit!
- Kal Lake source shut down
- Director dives into water board position
- Deadline Looming for Water Grants
- Mussels require immediate action
- Water Board Fishing for Projects that Conserve or Improve Water
- As IJC signs off on dam agreement, mayor wants larger watershed initiative
- Canada – US commission strikes agreement on Okanagan water flows
- $300K in water grant money available
- Breaking the ice
- What the Okanagan can learn from Las Vegas
- Okanagan beach cleanup hits a snag
- Source protection of water could be part of a plan
- Water Conservation Funding Available
- Water conservation funding available
- Board taking grant requests
- Grass not greener in Las Vegas
- Lessons in conservation from Vegas
- Board discusses milfoil and mussels
- Okanagan learns from Vegas experience
- Okanagan bets on Vegas to help find water conservation solutions
- Fight possible for RDOS chair
- Okanagan welcomes drought tips from Las Vegas speaker
- Lessons from Las Vegas about water
- Officials look at drought simulation
- Water budget ‘steady’
- Local leaders practice drought response through gaming exercise
- Hansma Running for Liberals
- No waste as treatment plant expands
- Stream flows important to more than just fish
- Water Management Plan recommended for Okanagan
- Issue ‘mussels’ its way to agenda
- No change to Okanagan Basin Water Board budget
- Water board budget holds the line
- Water unites leaders
- Workshop brings First Nations and local governments together to talk partnerships
- Will fish farm discharge be clean?
- Groundwater licensing likely to be included in a new water act
- Topsoil guides releases
- Dock do’s and don’ts discussed
- Water Board breaks ground with Toolkit to help communities conserve water
- Okanagan Basin Water Board Breaks Ground with Toolkit to Help Communities Conserve Water
- Tools available to conserve water
- Lake Country council holds a front porch meeting
- They’re buoys – not distress signals
- Communities join forces on water conservation
- Blinking buoys on the move
- Province okays water licences despite objections
- Funds will bring Syilx view to water management
- Lawn watering must go
- Water guardians stress its value
- Garden event showcases WaterWise effort
- South Okanagan Makes Water Work
- Be water wise
- UBC researcher appointed chair in water resources
- Local businesses, homeowners and governments join forces to Make Water Work
- Slow it. Spread it. Sink it!
- University establishes water sustainability position Okanagan Valley
- PENDING POPULATION BOOM IN OKANAGAN VALLEY WILL PRESENT NUMEROUS WATER CHALLENGES, SAYS EXPERT
- UBCO works to protect water supply
- Beetles could take bite out of lake weeds
- Okanagan Basin Water Board annual meeting focuses on value of water
- Value water: we can’t live without it
- PARTNERSHIPS WERE KEY IN ALLOWING NORTHWEST SEWER EXTENSION PROJECT TO FINALLY BECOME REALITY
- Water conservation project first feature of College’s Demonstration Garden
- MANY RESIDENTS ON SOLANA BAY ARE UPSET WITH THE INCREASING AMOUNT OF DEEP, DIRTY SLUDGE
- Summerland gardens go with the flow
- Locals pour cold water on proposed Osoyoos Lake levels
- Osoyoos Lake pact dusted off
- Hearings on International Osoyoos Lake Agreement
- Osoyoos Lake’s future at stake
- 25 year old water agreement between US and Canada being renewed
- Public hearings on international Osoyoos Lake agreement
- Public hearings open on renewal of Canada-U.S. water treaty for Osoyoos Lake
- Conserve our water
- Water conservation campaign launched
- Perhaps the bison won’t stomp on the ant this time
- Valley-wide initiative on water conservation begins
- Valley-wide effort to conserve water
- Lessons in conservation from Vegas
- Border water fears eased with tentative deal
- MAKE WATER WORK: Okanagan Communities come together on valley-wide conservation initiative
- Water offers smooth sailing for scientific minds
- IJC seeks public comments Lake Osoyoos levels
- New Okanagan Science Centre exhibit makes a splash
- Exhibit sure to make a splash
- Okanagan mayors, First Nations leaders gather to prepare for changing climate
- Leaders gather to talk climate change
- Board looks to ease transition of levels for Osoyoos Lake
- Irrigation allocation studied for Kelowna parks
- Wolrd-class water exhibit makes splash at Okanagan Science Centre
- Funds trickle in to help Osoyoos Lake
- CANADA & U.S. RECEIVE FUNDS TO IMPROVE WATER OF OSOYOOS LAKE
- Westbank & District Chamber of Commerce turning its attention to water consumption
- Students help to improve irrigation
- Oliver man wins big in ‘WaterWise’ contest
- Water pledge pays off for 4 valley residents
- Group started a revolution in thinking
- Okanagan Residents Take “Make Water Work” Pledge – Win $1000 To Waterwise Their Yard
- Yard improvements – a big prize
- Cherryville conquers challenge
- Students prove to be WaterWise
- Okanagan honoured in water study
- Okanagan water study soaks up accolades
- Gutting Fisheries Act frustrates former fisheries minister
- OBWB’s ‘Excellent” water study
- Okanagan Valley’s big city mayors meet
- MAJOR OKANAGAN WATER STUDY WINS AWARD
- RDOS receives water grant
- Okanagan Water Board awards grants
- WATER BOARD AWARDS GRANTS FOR PROJECTS THAT CONSERVE & PROTECT OKANAGAN WATER
- Action urged to cope with climate change
- Township supports Laird upgrades
- Panel on water offers shower of solutions
- Climate action topic of UBCO workshop
- Celebrate Water on World Water Day
- Water world: The Okanagan shortage
- Flood of free events for water week
- Water Week message urges conservation
- FLOOD OF ACTIVITIES WASHES OVER OKANAGAN FOR CANADA WATER WEEK
- Groundwater monitoring well planned
- Council report – OBWB grant application endorsed
- Water board digging into aquifers
- Learning to think like a watershed
- Digging into water levels
- Drilling for groundwater information in Joe Rich well
- Water Board to monitor vulnerable Okanagan groundwater
- Okanagan Groundwater Monitoring Project Backgrounder
- Okanagan water under the microscope
- Joe Rich water to be monitored
- Groundwater Mapping
- Regional district applies to OBWB for grant
- Council skipping water campaign
- West Kelowna opts not to fund water conservation campaign
- Straight from deHart – OBWB Board named
- Regional districts talking transit, water and air
- Weed whacker
- Wild water is also tap water
- Water board directors named
- Okanagan water board sports new look
- Zimmermann named to Water Board
- RDNO Board Appointments Proceed
- Council to keep tight reins on finances
- 2011 didn’t favour the natural environment
- Water board grants available for projects that conserve or improve water
- Sewer service costs increase for area of West Kelowna Estates
- Grants for water conservation or improvement projects
- Conservation grants available
- Grant program rewards water projects
- Cash for ideas that make a splash
- WATER BOARD GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR PROJECTS THAT CONSERVE OR IMPROVE WATER
- Okanagan Basin Water Board accepting grant applications
- Board revisits old method of handling stormwater runoff
- John Slater: 30 years and counting
- Keep stormwater from running off
- Reflections on water governance and climate change
- OBWB Board Highlights – Endangered mussels in the Okanagan
- Project a long time coming
- Start managing our water better right now
- Canada could lose control of flow
- Mussel could stop control of milfoil weed
- Water Board opposes endangered listing of mussel
- Mussel could stop weed control
- Holding the line on U.S. demands for valley water flow
- Rain as a resource
- Storm water requires diverse approach
- Abundance of water a mirage
- Trepanier Creek bank stabilized by volunteers
- Water protection benefits returning sockeye
- Land exchange debate far from over
- Okanagan Basin Water Board reduces its annual budget
- Returning sockeye need water too
- Remember…sockeye returning home need water too
- Treat water with water plus plants
- HISTORIC TALKS ON B.C./WASHINGTON STATE WATER RELATIONS GETS UNDERWAY
- Canada’s Pulse: Valley resident use more water than Canadian average
- Canada’s pilse: Water big concern for Okanagan residents
- Lake Water Science Forum Covers Wide Range of Water Topics
- Close-up: Shared water
- Treated sewage effluent still poses threat
- RELIEF AT WITHDRAWAL OF DAM PROPOSAL
- Presentation highlights H20
- Two-day forum covers cross-border water supply
- Diversified water use demands raising conflicts
- Future of Okanagan water use at stake
- U.S. puts herbicide in Osoyoos Lake
- Washington State going ahead with herbicide trial on Osoyoos lake
- Expert to discuss changing Okanagan water policy
- International water flows eyed at Osoyoos conference
- Lake Osoyoos to be discussed at USCanada meeting
- Lake Osoyoos to be discussed at US-Canada meeting
- Meeting begins on Lake Osoyoos
- Osoyoos Lake Water Forum Sept.18
- Controversy brewing in B.C. over renewal of international water deal
- Ecology approves treatment of milfoil by Weed Board in Lake Osoyoos
- MILFOIL SOUTH OF BORDER TO BE TREATED WITH HERBICIDE
- Funding pumped into H2O
- Sockeye salmon coming back to the Okanagan
- Water board proves resourceful
- Water board gets federal boost
- Salmon making remarkable comeback in South Okanagan
- Okanagan Water Board celebrates work in water protection and receives funds to continue
- Funding for Water
- Okanagan Water Board spreading the word on conservation
- Water Science Forum to discuss sustainability of Osoyoos Lake
- OKANAGAN WATERWISE: Water conservation aids local food security
- Okanagan Land Use and Water Management Web Portal Re-launched
- Close-up: The Okanagan’s receding shoreline
- Important Osoyoos Lake water forum coming up
- Early bird deadline for Water Forum is Sept. 15
- B.C. AND WASHINGTON ELECTEDS PREPARE FOR IMPORTANT OSOYOOS LAKE WATER FORUM
- Water Board exec excited about study
- Blinking buoys bring backlash
- U.S. LAKESHORE RESIDENTS SAY PLANS FOR HERBICIDE USE ABOUT NEED TO ERADICATE MILFOIL
- Water evaporation study underway
- Osoyoos mayor in a war over weeds with U.S.
- Evaporation Experiment in Okanagan Lake
- Evaporation levels of Okanagan Lake being monitored.
- Okanagan Lake evaporation factor
- US Herbicide Plan for Osoyoos Lake Prompts Concern
- Okanagan Basin Water Board Raises Concerns over Okanogan County Weed Control Board, Pest Control Plans
- Washington cabin owners want poison used in Osoyoos Lake to beat milfoil
- Canada/ US lake site of weed battle
- Rate of shoreline development alarms
- RDCO Board Highlights – Water Board Program Supported
- Eurasian milfoil mechanical harvesters on a tighter leash
- OKANAGAN BASIN WATER BOARD ASKS U.S. WEED-CONTROL ORGANIZATION TO RECONSIDER USE OF HERBICIDE IN FIGHT AGAINST MILFOIL IN OSOYOOS LAKE
- Okanagan Lake shoreline at risk?
- Okanagan Lake’s natural shoreline slowly vanishing
- Under half of Okanagan Lake‘s shore remains in natural state
- Natural shore line disappearing
- Our Shoreline is Changing
- 600 RESIDENTIAL UNITS PLANNED FOR WILLOW BEACH
- Check out your sprinklers
- Check your irrigation systems for potential water savings
- Agricultural Water Reserve status under discussion
- Okanagan WaterWise Series – Article #2
- Community goes green with week full of events
- Water quality and quantity tackled with project grants
- OKANAGAN WATERWISE: Proper planting saves water
- Registration opens on forum for U.S.- Canada water agreement
- Xeriscape benefits seen
- REGISTRATION OPENS ON IMPORTANT OSOYOOS LAKE WATER FORUM
- Benefits flow from water-wise gardening
- The many benefits of WaterWise gardening in the dry Okanagan
- Water crisis discussion helps kick off Meadowlark Festival
- Meadowlark Festival returns to South Okanagan
- Pupils Soak Up Water Wisdom
- OKANAGAN WATER A WINNER AS WATERWISE CONTEST DRAWS TO A CLOSE
- Celebrate Drinking Water Week and help keep Okanagan waters clean
- Celebrate drinking water week
- Celebrate our water
- Water Wise: Protecting and respecting valuable resource
- Protecting and Respecting Valuable Resource
- OBWB awards grants to 19 projects across Okanagan
- Drinking water source protection open for discussion
- Projects tap into water board funding
- Peachland receives $310,000 in grant funds
- Slater retains involvement in provincial water issues
- Water Board Announces Funds for Projects That Will Conserve or Improve Okanagan Water
- WATER BOARD ANNOUNCES FUNDS FOR PROJECTS THAT WILL CONSERVE OR IMPROVE OKANAGAN WATER
- Whose water is it?
- Campaign starts Monday to raise water awareness
- Variety of activities put fun and serious focus on water
- OKANAGAN BASIN WATER BOARD MAKES A SPLASH DURING WORLD WATER WEEK
- OBWB receives 35 applications for water grant program
- West Kelowna council concerned about Jackpine Lake development plans
- RDCO Board highlights
- Frozen Osoyoos Lake freezes out OBWB milfoil clearing efforts
- Water board grants
- Grant pursued for oxbows
- Council backs water projects
- New Program Tracks Water
- Okanagan Basin Water Board has ideas for revisions on the century-old provincial Water Act
- SWURT a vital part of water management
- Okanagan Releases Water Use Reporting Tool
- Will you do more to conserve water?
- Water usage reports streamlined
- WATER BOARD UNVEILS TOOL TO HELP ENSURE SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY
- New way to track your water usage
- OBWB improves water management
- OBWB Unveils water reporting tool
- Revolutionizing water management
- Water board says public left out
- The power of the internet harnessed to help track Okanagan water usage
- OBWB invites proposals for grants
- Water grants deadline only 4 weeks away
- 2011 January 18 – Council Meeting highlights
- Water grants deadline looming
- Water grant deadline approaches
- Council report
- Milfoil control measures in high gear on lake
- Lake weed harvest in Osoyoos halted by ice
- No escaping a year of government regulation
- Osoyoos mayor sees progress on milfoil
- Local Leaders say plan to put phase 2 sewer pipe under high-water mark won’t hurt lake
- PUSH IS ON TO CONTROL MILFOIL ON OSOYOOS LAKE
- Winter weed control
- Mission underway to control invasive plant
- Water board tackling milfoil outbreak
- Okanagan groundwater monitoring project to launch next spring
- Grants available for Okanagan water conservation projects
- Applications sought for water grants
- WATER BOARD FISHING FOR PROJECTS THAT CONSERVE OR IMPROVE OKANAGAN WATER
- Water Board opens call for grant submissions
- Twin Lakes residents wonder who will be to blame if the lake dries up
- Water Board budget up 4.4%
- Water watchdog reports on weeds
- Water issues focus of new poll
- UBCO students’ rap is number one
- Hip Hop Environmental Plea
- Opinion poll shows fresh water supply a concern in B.C.
- Water, A Precious Resource, Says Survey
- Economy V Environment
- “RAIN TO RESOURCE” ATTRACTS DELEGATES FROM ACROSS BC LOOKING TO PREPARE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE (Oct. 28, 2010)
- OBWB joins group looking to eliminate invasive aquatic weeds
- Water Board Considers Cooperation With US Groups to Battle Milfoil
- Water runoff shouldn’t be wasted
- Protect Okanagan Lake from excessive urban runoff
- Hydrological illiteracy stops utilizing of valuable resource
- Municipalities touting rain garden option to developers
- Turning rain into a resource
- Wild weather beating path to B.C.
- Public needs to think more about rainwater management
- Stormwater cause of great concern
- Climate change workshop
- “RAIN TO RESOURCE” WORKSHOP AIMS TO HELP PREPARE COMMUNITIES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
- Green-Cents program saves money for businesses
- Water board looks to future in reviewing year just past
- OBWB marks 40 years
- Water and More Water
- Okanagan Basin Water Board to fund programming at UBCO
- Money for UBCO chair John
- EXCITING TIMES AHEAD AS WATER BOARD CELEBRATES 40 YEARS
- Water research taps into NORD funding
- UBCO crowd learns land claims are complicating water planning
- Planning for water shortages
- Water planning workshop a hopeful first step
- Thinking about water ~ “water is the source of all life.”
- Water Board funds goose program
- Water conservation in the Okanagan
- Modeling just a drop in the bucket
- Letter to Editor – Gratitude for the milfoil harvest
- Innovative water model now in use
- Software helping agriculturists
- Kelowna hosts rainwater talk
- INNOVATIVE WATER MODEL IDENTIFYING OKANAGAN WATER USE
- RDOS board highlights
- Managing stormwater focus of workshop
- UBCO to host water meet
- Position Supported
- RDCO board meeting highlights
- Workshop on managing stormwater seeks new ideas
- Reseach chair supported
- Water supply concerns elicit plan for monitoring wells
- “RAIN TO RESOURCE” WORKSHOP ENCOURAGES NEW THINKING ON MANAGING STORMWATER
- Okanagan WaterWise Website Launched
- Water Into Wine: Tourism Threatens Water Security in Okanagan
- Milfoil outbreak in Osoyoos Lake
- Project flush with funds
- Milfoil outbreak summer surprise in Osoyoos Lake
- Milfoil outbreak on Osoyoos Lake worst in 20 years
- MILFOIL OUTBREAK ON OSOYOOS LAKE PROMPTS SPECIAL ATTENTION
- OK Falls sewer plant approval expected soon
- Harvester takes on exploding milfoil growth
- Full and Running Over
- Board to help pay for sewer treatment
- Plan to raise lake levels upsets users
- Province chips in for dry-weather contingency plan
- THREE OKANAGAN COMMUNITIES BENEFIT FROM GRANTS TO UPGRADE WATER TREATMENT
- Creating Gridded Historic and Future Climate Datasets for the Okanagan Basin Water Supply and Demand Study
- PROVINCIAL FUNDS HELP DEVELOP VALLEY-WIDE DROUGHT PLAN FOR OKANAGAN
- Water rights in sights
- Trade/Sell Scheme Applauded
- Presentations Videod for the Web
- Planning for reduced water use in Okanagan starting early this year
- Okanagan communities tap into funding
- Depleting Okanagan water supply discussed
- Water quality strategy sought
- WEB VIDEO PROJECT AIMS TO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON EMERGING WATER ISSUES
- Region braces for potential drought
- Low-level estrogens found in waste water
- OK hormone levels in Okanagan lakes
- UBC study measures endocrine disruptors in Okanagan wastewater
- Estrogen pollution content in OK Lake undetectable
- Low Okanagan Lake levels continue pattern
- The ripple effect
- Late-Spring Rains Crucial to the Valley
- Osoyoos flushes out funding partners for sewer project
- Water projects tap into funding
- Partners jump into water projects with both feet
- Water experts talk about the dreaded ‘D’ word
- New sewers for 130 in Osoyoos
- Local water projects get funds
- Water Board dishes out cash for projects
- OBWB approves $300,000 in grants
- FUNDING FLOWS FROM OKANAGAN BASIN WATER BOARD
- Embracing the new reality
- Coldstream residents invited to open house on creek issues
- WATER PROJECT WILL SERVE AS BASIS
- Cattlemen to discuss water trends
- Spring into xeriscape
- WATER MANAGEMENT AND LAND-USE PLANNING NEEDED
- Water study sounds alarm
- Water supply dominates agenda
- SUPPLY AND DEMAND PROJECT FALLS A BIT FLAT
- Is There a Drop to Drink?
- Water study suggests more dry years ahead for Okanagan
- Groundbreaking Okanagan Water Study Show Needs for Conservation and Adaption
- Phase 3 of Water Plan initiated
- Okanagan at risk of water shortage
- Water
- Latest valley water study offers no surprises
- It’s hard to grab the public’s attention when it comes to water
- AREA A RESIDENTS QUESTION DETAILS OF SEWER PROJECT
- Okanagan water quality faces increasing user pressure
- Results of Okanagan water study to be released
- Okanagan water supply under pressure from all sides, says expert panel
- Water Works
- World Water Day meeting
- Okanagan Water Predicted to be Scarce
- Lake Country watershed open house
- University and community join to celebrate World Water Day next week
- Water sustainability crucial
- OBWB hosts forum for UN World Water Day
- Board wants creek action
- Public Invited to Hear Okangan Experts Wade Into Okanagan Water Quality Issues
- Information lacking on valley’s water flow
- RDOS board provides feedback to OBWB
- Okanagan gem tarnished
- West Kelowna Council highlights
- West Kelowna council fielded reports on everything from baseball to gravel pits
- Money sought for goose program
- Reviewing water regulations
- Okanagan water supply under pressure from all sides
- City sees bird control program as wild goose chase
- RDCO board meeting highlights
- Why Happy Calves Must be Prepared
- OKANAGAN BASIN WATER BOARD PLEDGES NEARLY $81,000
- Osoyoos sewer funding announcement
- Creek focus of strategy
- Water now a top priority for trail development
- City seeks support money for water conservation projects
- Water officials work on drought-proofing region
- Water board receives funding
- West Kelowna Council agreed to support three applications for grants
- Snow pack level down
- Snow-free winter leading to water woes
- Water supply and demand study needed for Okanagan
- Climate change initiative unveiled
- Water Board Helps Take Torture out of Climate
- OKANAGAN PROJECT FUNDING HELPS ADDRESS FUTURE WATER NEEDS AS CLIMATE CHANGES
- Board offers grants
- OBWB benefits from provincial intiative
- FLOODGATES OPEN ON GRANTS TO CONSERVE OR IMPROVE WATER
- Water study surfacing
- Process for building dirt biking trails ‘broken’
- Okanagan Basin watershed study model is groundbreaking
- Change your water-wasting ways B.C., or be left high and dry; report
- Water woes concern purveyors
- Canada’s large rivers face growing threats; The Fraser is in good shape now, WWF-Canada says, but development could change that
- Water, water, everywhere
- Building a sustainable future for Central Okanagan
- Mysis shrimp harvesting begins
- He’s been there, done that
- Dealing with drought
- Authority could rule water issues
- Pilot project digs for gravel pit sites
- OKANAGAN BASIN WATER BOARD TO CREATE A WEB-BASED WATER USE REPORTING SYSTEM FOR THE VALLEY
- Gravel pit critics get their wish
- Environment spokesman thinks source protection is needed
- Gov’t to introduce licencing, registration of off road vehicles
- ’Severe‘ drought scorching Okanagan
- Councillor wants action on drought
- Heat wave scorches the South Okanagan
- Early warning needed in water-short years
- Drought plan vital for Okanagan water utilities
- Low river levels prompts water conservation warning in southern B.C.
- WATER SUPPLY AND STREAMFLOW CONDITIONS
- Message beginning to soak in
- WATERMILFOIL HARVESTING TO TAKE PLACE IN WOOD LAKE
- Water levels near historic low
- Message is lost
- Water quality concerns swamp trail plan
- Every drop of water saved this year could help protect a species
- Drought planning workshop to be hosted by regional water board
- When do we get to call it a drought?
- Little risk from algae in Okanagan Lake
- Water shortage concerns rising
- Study helps ensure steps taken to protect resource
- Okanagan Lake level well below full pool
- Water intakes at risk from toxic algae blooms
- Water board to ponder report on selling reservoir lots
- Impact of spring runoff shortfall now being felt
- High use a drain on water supply
- Water whoas
- Water Management – Local knowledge is essential
- Westbank restricts watering to two days a week
- Slater named to enviro post
- Learning from Australia’s lessons
- Drought fears prompts Okanagan water restrictions
- Water districts react to a low runoff
- Water abundance an Okanagan myth, says OBWB
- Watershed activity affects tap water
- Tiny bug’s presence means water will need more treatment
- Addressing water quality issues
- Siddon opts to step aside
- Water quality at risk due to staff shortfall
- OKANAGAN BASIN WATER BOARD AWARDS $300,000 IN GRANTS
- Don’t take our water for granted
- Funding is insufficient
- We all take role in conservation
- APPLICATIONS FOR OBWB WATER CONSERVATION & QUALITY GRANTS EXCEED EXPECTATIONS
- Time to put management strategy plan into action
- Online water-use indicator to help farmers grow crops
- OBWB directors target watersheds
- Water board wants watershed protected
- OBWB deems watershed protection a priority
- Good, clear drinking water prioritized by board
- Time to put management strategy plan into action
- Okanagan water basin levels low
- Trying to avoid a fight over a valued resource
- Discarded chemicals can mess up aquatic organisms
- Efforts underway to co-ordinate management of water
- Impact of waste water compounds in lake examined
- Pine beetles drying out atmosphere
- Water source safety called a priority
- Local youths team up for water
- Ok water strategy to be released next week
- ’Scientific look‘ needed at pontoon sinking plan
- Water sales pump up farming cash flows
- Critical resource in a critical time
- Okanagan gains conservation efforts
- Bisphenol A poses disease risk for adults, study says
- Shoreline study gets public view
- Summerland Support of Water management program
- Okanagan could be site of trial water projects
- Water to be in the spotlight next month
- Water an abused lifeblood of a near-desert region
- Mayor welcomes reservoir decision
- The Local Politics of Liquidity
- OKANAGAN RESERVOIR LAKES DECISION ON HOLD
- Set sail with Science
- Joe Rich may be tapped out
- Sockeye’s success near Osoyoos is a miracle in the desert
- City raises glass to drinking water
- SNOWPACK AND WATER SUPPLY BULLETIN
- Water regulators mandate water conservation east of S.F. Bay
- New York City drinking water among cleanest in world, report says
- Sacrificing water quality for quantity
- Boat moorage space starting to dry up
- Groundwater project idea needs funding
- Province antes up water supply funds
- Lake Mead Could Be Within a Few Years of Going Dry, Study Finds
- Western U.S. droughts caused by humans
- Group opposed to water sales
- ‘It’s nuts’ to sell lots on drinking water reservoirs
- Water supply study funded
- Urban sprawl paves over wetlands
- Water board tax hike supported
- RBC announces Blue Water Project advisory panel
- Climate change could be bad for business
- New report delves into groundwater resources
- Lack of Snowfall Bad Sign for Replenishing Water Supply
- Summerland gets water cash
- Snow key to water cycle
- Impact of dwindling resource can be minimized
- Water board opposes sale
- Study to look at treated wastewater dangers
- Carbon-based economy needs to change
- Property sales put water at risk
- Okanagan Water on The Nature of Things – November 22
- UBCO prof says preserving water has economic value
- Okanagan Basin Water Study: One of Nine Community Projects to Receive Over $1.9 Million in Federal Gas Tax Funding
- Gas tax to pay for water study
- Important Okanagan water study gets federal gas tax funds
- Good work flowing from OBWB grant
- Grants offered by water board
- Regulations eyed for groundwater
- New fence expected to help improve creek’s water quality
- Grant will help update new wastewater management plan
- Divisions erupt over one district
- Forum taps into water concerns
- Dire warning from scientist: We must use less water
- Similkameen River dam proposal eyed in U.S.
- Science forum examines Okanagan water supply
- Basin Water Supply Study to Proceed
- OKANAGAN BASIN WATER BOARD APPOINTS NEW WATER STEWARDSHIP DIRECTOR
- Coming to the Rescue of 10,000 Trout
- Red tape clogs water issues
- City review probes water consumption
- Cleaning up our act
- 100 Turn Out for Creek Clean-Up
- Nevada sets harsh example
- Reservoir water quality issues ignored
- Okanagan Basin Water Board signs on to OCCP
- OBWB names new administrator
- No cheap way to improve water treatment
- OKANAGAN BASIN WATER BOARD APPOINTS NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Water supply examined
- Program aims at conservation
- Interview with David Suzuki & “The Nature of Things”
- OKANAGAN BASIN WATER BOARD AWARDS $300,000 FOR WATER CONSERVATION AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
- Plan to be devised for Mission Creek water
- ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR OKANAGAN WATER SUPPLY STUDY
- The Wonder of Water
- Water Recycling – North Okanagan and Beyond
- Lifeblood of the valley Okanagan native bands rally behind bid to curb development on upland reservoir shores
- Trio to conduct new study on pharmaceutical impact
- Groups call for regional water board
- Water Conservation and Quality Improvement Grant Program
- IHA turns deaf ear to complaints
- Researchers paint bleak picture of future water supply
- Crisis looms over region’s water supply
- Valley groundwater subject of intense research
- Big lake fosters water delusions
- Water basin poster produced
- Groundwater subject of forum
- Water conservation a tough sell as snow piles up
- Groundwater subject of forum
- Scientists try to unearth water secrets
- The Okanagan Waterscape Poster has arrived!
- Groundwater – the Final Frontier
- Water hard to protect in valley: official
- Getting into Hot Water
- Water board getting frustrated with province’s stance
- Water board getting frustrated with province’s stance
- Uncharted Waters – OBWB
- Water usage approach impresses scientists
- Fish and Water Management in the Okanagan lakes
- WATER BOARD LAUNCHES $550K STUDY OF OKANAGAN’S WATER FUTURE
- OKANAGAN BASIN WATER BOARD GRANTS PROVE SUCCESSFUL
- Council Tackles Basin-wide Water Concerns
- Stewardship director applauds local efforts
