Osoyoos Today – February 20, 2018 Osoyoos Mayor Sue McKortoff appears to be enjoying her time on the Okanagan Basin Water Board. The Mayor has agreed to sit another one-year term on the board — joining mayors from other Okanagan…
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Plan in works for healthcare, flood mapping
Castanet – December 26, 2017 … McKortoff said the public responded well to requests to stay off the water, as well as closures of the public boat launches when the threat of flooding was high. She added the Okanagan Basin…
As Okanagan prepares for future droughts, Osoyoos couple clinches $6000 grand prize to WaterWise their yard
Kelowna, B.C. – As people start turning off their outdoor taps and irrigation systems get blown out, the Okanagan Basin Water Board’s Okanagan WaterWise program is winding up its Make Water Work campaign for another year. But not before announcing…
Penticton location of mussel inspection base should not be a concern, say OBWB and provincial officials
April 13, 2016 – Osoyoos Times The decision to base a permanent inspection and decontamination station for invasive mussels in Penticton rather than Osoyoos is not a concern for the Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB). James Littley, OBWB operations and…
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Tags: boat inspection stations, Don't Move A Mussel, mussel, Osoyoos, Penticton
Tags: boat inspection stations, Don't Move A Mussel, mussel, Osoyoos, Penticton
Year in Review – October – Cannings becoming new MP for SOWK and water meters for Osoyoos made headlines
January 6, 2016 – Osoyoos Times Water meters and water matters in Osoyoos, the election of a well-known environmentalist during the federal election and the closing of a longtime local video store made headlines in October. Town of Osoyoos council…
Former mayors Stu Wells and Tom Shields not sold on water meters
January 6, 2016 – Osoyoos Times Two former Osoyoos mayors have raised red flags about the possible move by the town to bring thousands of water meters to our community. Former mayors Stu Wells and Tom Shields both discussed their…
Not enough data to support water metering proposal
January 6, 2016 – Osoyoos Times Two former Osoyoos mayors are speaking out and raising concerns about a proposal to introduce universal water metering in Osoyoos. At this point, town council has not made any decision to proceed with the…
Osoyoos hosts major water forums next week
September 30, 2015 – Osoyoos Times
Water fears in focus
September 21, 2015 – Castanet
Milfoil control derailed in Osoyoos because of theft and vandalism
Penticton Western News – November 19, 2014 Vandalism and theft has stopped milfoil control efforts in Osoyoos Lake. With only weeks left to rototill milfoil in Osoyoos Lake before winter freeze-up, the theft of specialized equipment and vandalism of the…
Okanagan Weed Control Delayed Due to Vandalism
Kelowna Now – November 19, 2014 Efforts to effectively control an invasive weed in a South Okanagan Lake are at a standstill after vandalism and theft from one of the Okanagan Basin Water Board’s machines. According to OBWB, their rototiller…
Vandalism delays Osoyoos Lake weed control
Global Okanagan – November 19, 2014 Vandalism and theft from one of the Okanagan Basin Water Board’s (OBWB) machines has effectively stopped efforts to control the invasive milfoil weed in Osoyoos Lake.
Abundance of milfoil in Osoyoos
Global Okanagan – August 8, 2014 OSOYOOS, BC – An invasive aquatic plant called Eurasian milfoil is growing uncontrollably in Osoyoos Lake. Dave Caswell, a milfoil control operator with the Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB), is working overtime to harvest…
Many citizens angry as milfoil out of control on Osoyoos Lake
Osoyoos Times – August 6, 2014 Many Osoyoos residents are upset and complaining about the abnormally high levels of milfoil growth in Osoyoos Lake this summer, but there’s nothing the Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB), which runs the milfoil control…
RDOS urges local citizens to make ‘WaterWise pledge’ in coming weeks
August 14, 2013 – Osoyoos Times
... Collaborative Water Management
... Water Quality Improvement
... Aquatic Weed Management
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- 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 →
