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Okanagan Water Board announces major change to grant program

Posted on November 29, 2018

Kelowna, B.C. – The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) is now accepting applications to its revamped 2019 Water Conservation and Quality Improvement (WCQI) Grant Program. This is the 14th year of the program which has provided more than $4.1 million…

Posted in Featured, Media Releases
Tags: Grants, Water Conservation & Quality Improvement, WCQI

Central Okanagan residents reminded to be careful about what they put down the drain

Posted on September 13, 2018

Kelowna Capital News – September 13, 2018 What you put down the drain or flush down the toilet can affect the quality water of Okanagan Lake says the Regional District of the Central Okanagan. That’s why the regional district has…

Okanagan water projects get funds to move ahead

Posted on April 18, 2018

Kelowna, B.C. – The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) has approved $300,000 in funding to 18 projects to help conserve and improve the quality of water in the valley. Directors approved the Water Conservation and Quality Improvement (WCQI) grants at…

$300K for water quality

Posted on April 18, 2018

Castanet – April 19, 2018 The Okanagan Basin Water Board will dole out $300,000 for projects to conserve and improve water quality across the Okanagan Valley. More than half of the grants ($185,442) will go towards 10 projects in the…

Posted in Articles, In the News
Tags: Grants, Water Conservation & Quality Improvement, WCQI

Valley water projects receive $300,000 in funding

Posted on April 17, 2018

Kelowna Daily Courier – April 17, 2018 Eighteen projects designed to improve water quality in the Okanagan have been awarded $300,000 in taxpayer funding. In Kelowna, one of the initiatives aims to return long sections of Mission Creek to a…

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Tags: Grants, Water Conservation & Quality Improvement, WCQI

Okanagan Basin water projects funded

Posted on April 17, 2018

Kelowna Capital News – April 17, 2018 The Okanagan Basin Water Board has approved $300,000 in funding to 18 projects to help conserve and improve the quality of water in the valley. The water board directors approved the Water Conservation…

Posted in In the News
Tags: Grants, Water Conservation & Quality Improvement, WCQI

Okanagan Water Board annual grant program focuses on floods, drought

Posted on November 15, 2017

Kelowna, B.C. – The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) is now accepting applications to its 2018 Water Conservation and Quality Improvement (WCQI) Grant Program. This is the 13th year for the program, providing $300,000 to water projects in the Okanagan.…

17 projects approved to conserve and improve Okanagan Valley water

Posted on April 15, 2017

Kelowna Now – April 15, 2017 Water quality in the Okanagan Valley could be about to improve. The news comes following an announcement from The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) last week that they approved $300,000 in funding for 17…

Water quality improving

Posted on April 15, 2017

Castanet – April 15, 2017 The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) has approved $300,000 in funding to 17 projects that will help conserve and improve the quality of water in the valley. “This year we saw a lot of very…

Okanagan Water Board announces funding for conservation projects

Posted on April 14, 2017

InfoNews.ca – April 14, 2017 Kelowna, B.C. – The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) has approved $300,000 in funding to 17 projects that will help conserve and improve the quality of water in the valley. Directors approved the Water Conservation…

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Tags: Grants, Water Conservation and Quality Improvement, WCQI

Okanagan Water Board announces funding for projects to conserve and improve valley water

Posted on April 7, 2017

Kelowna, B.C. – The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) has approved $300,000 in funding to 17 projects that will help conserve and improve the quality of water in the valley. Directors approved the Water Conservation and Quality Improvement (WCQI) Grants…

$300,000 to improve Okanagan water sources

Posted on April 7, 2017

OkanaganLife – April 7, 2017 The Okanagan Basin Water Board has approved $300,000 in funding to 17 projects that will help conserve and improve the quality of water in the Okanagan Valley. “This year we saw a lot of very…

New app could net you $2,000 reward for catching polluters and poachers in B.C.

Posted on December 15, 2016

December 15, 2016 – Mobile Syrup The B.C. Wildlife Federation has launched an iPhone app and accompanying website that allows concerned citizens to report illegal trash dumping, hunting and other environmental violations by snapping a picture and uploading it with…

New conservation app targets polluters and poachers

Posted on November 28, 2016

November 28, 2016 – 250 News The BC Wildlife Federation has announced a free new app aimed at targeting polluters and poachers in this province.conservation-app Available to iPhone users (an android version is in the works), the app makes it…

Poachers, dumpers targeted

Posted on November 28, 2016

November 28, 2016 – Castanet hose wanting to help stamp out poachers and polluters have a new weapon. The BC Wildlife Federation released an iPhone app that lets users take geo-referenced, time-stamped pictures or videos to report illegal activity in…