Okanagan Basin Water Board

• Cross-border waterway forum returns to Osoyoos, B.C.

  Residents who live near Osoyoos Lake, on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border, are in Osoyoos this week to discuss the health of the international waterway that connects them.

  Environment

  Oct 28, 2022
  
• B.C.’s invasive mussel defence program intercepts 5 contaminated boats from Ontario

  Five watercraft contaminated with invasive mussels were intercepted coming into B.C. Two were headed to the Okanagan, two to the Lower Mainland and one to Vancouver Island.

  Environment

  Jul 9, 2022
  
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• Okanagan water board asks for more federal funding to fight invasive mussels

  The OBWB says the funding, which will expire in 2023 and also goes towards lake monitoring, was previously provided through the Canada Nature Fund for Aquatic Species at Risk.

  Environment

  Apr 9, 2022
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• 17 boats with invasive mussels stopped from entering B.C.

  Eight of these boats were headed to the Okanagan, four to the Lower Mainland, three to Vancouver Island, one to the Kootenays, and one to Skeena.

  Environment

  Dec 7, 2021
• Climate change makes Okanagan dam ‘inadequate for managing future floods’

  'It is inadequate for managing future floods in its current state, given the increased volume and frequency of floods as a result of climate change.'

  Canada

  Oct 1, 2021
• Okanagan now at Drought Level 4; government asking residents to reduce water use

  ‘General voluntary reduction of water usage, from surface and groundwater in southern B.C. is encouraged,’ the ministry said as a result of increased drought conditions.

  Environment

  Aug 14, 2021
• Invasive mussels found in B.C. woman’s aquarium

  A woman in Terrace found invasive Zebra mussels in her aquarium.

  Canada

  Mar 6, 2021
• Review of Okanagan water management needed to prevent flooding: water board

  "The way the dams were put in and the way that they are operated was designed for a climate regime that we are no longer experiencing."

  Environment

  Mar 4, 2021
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• Volunteer group hosts fundraiser for Okanagan Rail Trail

  The volunteer group is asking the public for donations to help build a ‘signature northern gateway’ which will be called 'Kilometre Zero.'

  Canada

  Jul 29, 2020
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• Okanagan board pushing for stronger invasive mussel regulations after B.C. reports 10 contaminated watercraft

  The Okanagan Basin Water Board says the infected watercraft were bound for the Kootenays, Okanagan, Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island and Alaska.

  Environment

  Jul 18, 2019