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WCQI Project Category: Education – Water Quality

O’Keefe Ranch Rain Garden Construction

Project Year: 2020 | Organization: O'Keefe Ranch

Mitigating the Impacts of Motorized Boating on Water Quality

Project Year: 2020 | Organization: Okanagan Collaborative Conservation Program

Public Outreach for Source Water Protection for Wood and Kalamalka Lake

Project Year: 2018 | Organization: Okanagan Collaborative Conservation Program

Protecting Foreshore Ecosystems for Water Quality on Okanagan Lake

Project Year: 2017 | Organization: Okanagan Collaborative Conservation Program

Pond Rehabilitation and Interpretive Trail Project

Project Year: 2017 | Organization: Friends of Black Mountain/Sntsk' il' nton Society

Okanagan Lake Best Management Practices Illustration Project

Project Year: 2006 | Organization: Regional District of Central Okanagan

Invasive Mussel Prevention Program (3 Grants)

Project Year: 2013 | Organization: Okanagan and Similkameen Invasive species Society

Mission Creek Restoration Initiative Website Development

Project Year: 2012 | Organization: Mission Creek Restoration Initiative

Limiting the Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species

Project Year: 2012 | Organization: Glenmore Ellison Improvement District

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What's New:

  • 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

  • Weather Report – October 2022

    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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