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IN THE NEWS...

May 22, 2013 - Okanagan students share their love of water

April 2, 2013 – Listen to AM1150 interview regarding Water Board response to threat of zebra mussels and public meeting called for April 4 in Osoyoos.

April 2, 2013 – Listen to AM1150 interview with response from B.C’s Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson regarding zebra mussels

March 28, 2013 – Public meeting called to address zebra mussel threat to Okanagan waters

March 20, 2013 - Listen to AM1150 interview regarding Canada Water Week events, including the "Love your water body!" public forum and the Okanagan WaterWise Challenge for youth.
(Part 1)
(Part 2)

March 18, 2013 - Okanagan invited to share their love of water during Canada Water Week

December 5, 2012 – Okanagan bets on Vegas to help find water solutions

Dec. 4, 2012 – Listen to AM1150 interview regarding the workshop “Water Conservation in the Okanagan – What can we learn from Las Vegas.” The workshop was a partnership of OkWaterWise, the Okanagan Basin Water Board and the Irrigation Industry Association of BC.
(Part 1)
(Part 2)

September 19, 2012 - Local businesses, homeowner and governments join forces to MAKE WATER WORK

July 16, 2012 – Imagine getting a wake-up call like this! Listen as SunFM’s Sonia Sidhu phones our Make Water Work winner Lance Swetlishoff with the good news!

July 11, 2012 - Make Water Work: Okanagan Communities Come Together on Valley-wide Conservation Initiative

July 11, 2012 – Listen to AM1150 interview regarding Okanagan’s MAKE WATER WORK campaign – a valley-wide water conservation initiative.

June 19, 2012 - World-class Water Exhibit Makes Splash at Okanagan Science Centre

May 24, 2012 - Okanagan Residents Take “Make Water Work” Pledge – Win $1000 To Waterwise Their Yard

May 17, 2012 – Listen to AM1150 interview regarding Okanagan WaterWise Challenge 2012 winners with program manager Corinne Jackson.

May 17, 2012 - Students prove to be WaterWise

April 23, 2012 – Listen to Giant FM interview with Okanagan WaterWise event speaker Brock Dolman, Director of Occidental Arts and Ecology Center’s WATER Institute in Sonoma County, Calif.
(Part 1)
(Part 2)

March 23, 2012 – Listen to AM1150 interview for Canada Water Week with Okanagan Basin Water Board's Water Stewardship Director, Nelson Jatel.
(Part 1)
(Part 2)

March 22, 2012 – Listen to AM1150 interview for Canada Water Week with Yehalem Metiku, Ethiopian representative with the local non-profit Partners in the Horn of Africa

March 21, 2012 – Listen to AM1150 interview for Canada Water Week with Javan Bernakevitch of Permaculture BC and the Okanagan Xeriscape Association’s Gwen Steele

March 21, 2012 – Panel on water offers showers of solutions
Kelowna Capital News

March 20, 2012 – Celebrate water on World Water Day
Kelowna Capital News

March 20, 2012 - Water Week message urges conservation
AM1150 Kelowna

March 20, 2012 – Listen to AM1150 interview for Canada Water Week with Ted van der Gulik, vice-chair of the OBWB’s Okanagan Water Stewardship Council and with B.C. Ministry of Agriculture

March 19, 2012 – Listen to AM1150 interview for Canada Water Week with OBWB partner John Wagner of UBC Okanagan

March 19, 2012 – Listen to Giant FM interview for Canada Water Week with Okanagan Basin Water Board’s Executive Director Anna Warwick Sears

March 19, 2012 - Water world: The Okanagan shortage
Castanet

March 15, 2012 - Flood of free events for water week
Kelowna Capital News

March 15, 2012 - Flood of activities washes over Okanagan for Canada Water Week

December 1, 2011 – Keep storm water from running off
Kelowna Capital News

October 2011 - WaterWise – “Rainwater – Slow it. Spread It. Sink it!”

October 26, 2011 - Listen to AM1150 OkWaterWise interview with Coldstream’s Maria Besso

October 24, 2011 – Abundance of water a mirage
Kelowna Daily Courier

September 2011 - WaterWise - "Remember…sockeye returning home need water too"

August 2011 - WaterWise "Water conservation aids local food security"

July 2011 - WaterWise - "Make Water Work - efficient lawn and garden watering"

June 2011 - WaterWise - "Irrigation - Check your irrigation systems for potential savings"

May 2011 - WaterWise - "Xeriscaping - The many benefits of WaterWise gardening in the dry Okanagan"

April 2011 - WaterWise -"Keeping our water clean"

May 8, 2011 - Pupils Soak Up Water Wisdom
Okanagan Sunday

May 5, 2011 - Okanagan Water a Winner as WaterWise Contest Draws to a Close

April 22, 2011 - Drinking Water Week
Kelowna Capital News

March 20, 2011 - Campaign starts Monday to raise Water Awareness
Okanagan Sunday

 

 

 


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