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Okanagan water efforts celebrated

January 5, 2023September 19, 2022

Water Canada – September 19, 2022

Categories Articles, In the News Tags Annual Meeting, Make Water Work, OBWB, Okanagan WaterWise

Okanagan Basin Water Board report foresees Goldilocks summer: not too hot, not too cold

January 7, 2023July 2, 2022

Castanet – July 2, 2022

Categories Articles, In the News Tags Goldilocks summer, OBWB, weather report

Okanagan Nation gets equal voting rights

April 27, 2022March 3, 2022

Times Chronicle – March 3, 2022 The Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA) was granted equal voting powers and governance by the Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB)’s … Read more

Categories Articles, In the News Tags governance, OBWB, Okanagan Basin Water Board, Okanagan Nation Alliance

Okanagan Nation Alliance earns full voting rights on water board

April 27, 2022March 2, 2022

Kelowna Capital News – March 2, 2022 The Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA) has been granted full voting rights on financial matters pertaining to the area’s … Read more

Categories Articles, In the News Tags OBWB, Okanagan Basin Water Board, Okanagan Nation Alliance

ONA representatives given equal powers on Okanagan Basin Water Board

April 27, 2022March 1, 2022

Kelowna Now – March 1, 2022 The Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA) representative on the Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) has received equal voting powers. Following … Read more

Categories Articles, In the News Tags OBWB, Okanagan Basin Water Board, ONA

OBWB Strategic Plan 2020-2024

June 3, 2020

The 2020-2024 Strategic Plan (9MB PDF) is intended to guide the OBWB’s work for the next five years. The plan reflects our priorities, and our … Read more

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Invasive mussels: Fisheries minister asked to do more to protect Shuswap, Okanagan lakes

February 7, 2020December 31, 2019

Salmon Arm Observer – December 31, 2019 Two Shuswap-Okanagan organizations plan to bring Canada’s new Fisheries minister up to speed on invasive mussels concerns while … Read more

Categories Articles, In the News Tags mussel, OBWB, Shuswap Watershed Council

Water groups ask Ottawa for help in fighting mussels

February 7, 2020December 20, 2019

The Daily Courier – December 20, 2019 The Shuswap Watershed Council and the Okanagan Basin Water Board have sent a letter to the new federal … Read more

Categories Articles, In the News Tags mussel, OBWB, Shuswap Watershed Council

More funding needed to combat invasive mussels in the Okanagan

February 7, 2020December 20, 2019

Kelowna Capital News – December 20, 2019 The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) and the Shuswap Watershed Council (SWC) have a sent open letter to … Read more

Categories Articles, In the News Tags mussel, OBWB, Shuswap Watershed Council

Mussels found on watercraft

January 2, 2020November 13, 2019

Castanet – November 13, 2019 Watercraft inspection stations found 19 watercraft heading to BC waters were carrying invasive zebra or quagga mussels. A report from … Read more

Categories Articles, In the News Tags mussel, OBWB

AquaHacking Challenge launched in Okanagan to help address B.C. freshwater issues

October 29, 2019

Kelowna, B.C. – Students, tech leaders, and those with an interest in freshwater issues were on hand today for the launch of the B.C. AquaHacking … Read more

Categories Articles, Featured, Media Releases Tags AquaHacking, Aquahacking Challenge, OBWB, Real Estate Foundation of BC

Kick-Off for AquaHacking Challenge 2020

October 18, 2019October 17, 2019

The Okanagan Basin Water Board is pleased to invite you to a special KICK-OFF event for AquaHacking Challenge 2020! WHAT:AquaHacking Challenge B.C. – Kick-Off WHEN: … Read more

Categories Articles, Featured Tags AquaHacking, Aquahacking Challenge, OBWB

Water – don’t waste a drop

October 2, 2019September 9, 2019

Castanet – September 9, 2019 Delegates to the Okanagan Basin Water Board’s annual general meeting in Kelowna Friday hammered home the message that all our … Read more

Categories Articles, In the News Tags Annual Meeting, OBWB, Okanagan WaterWise

Okanagan Basin Water Board meeting to address importance of all water in the valley

October 2, 2019September 5, 2019

Kelowna Capital News – September 5, 2019 The Okanagan Basin Water Board holds its annual meeting on Friday. The theme this year will be “One … Read more

Categories Articles, In the News Tags Annual Meeting, OBWB

YOU ARE INVITED: Local government toolkits webinar for sustainable B.C. communities, March 13

March 2, 2018March 2, 2018

Since early 2016, the Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) has been working with various partners to identify planning guides and toolkits that provide legal mechanisms, … Read more

Categories Articles, Featured Tags CivicInfoBC, OBWB, planning guides, Sustainable Land and Water Use Planning, toolkits
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  • Board Report – January 2023

    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 the ... Read more

  • Weather Report – January 2023

    The Mission Creek Snow Pillow (elevation 1780m) had a technical problem this year, and will not be operational until it is repaired in the summer. ... Read more

  • Okanagan Water Board opens annual call for project applications

    Kelowna, B.C. – The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) is now accepting applications to its Water Conservation and Quality Improvement (WCQI) grant program for 2023. With an ... Read more

  • Nk’mip (Osoyoos Lake) Water Forum returns – focuses on bridging indigenous & western knowledge to better care for transboundary waterway

    Kelowna, B.C. – The much-anticipated Nk’mip (Osoyoos Lake) water science forum is making a return to the Okanagan valley, Oct. 27-29. Following on earlier forums ... Read more

  • Board Report – October 2022

    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 the ... Read more

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    The water year ahead Hydrologists use the term ‘water year’ to describe the water supply year from October 1 – September 30. In this way of ... Read more

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