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Kelowna to collect good and bad beach water for testing

May 24, 2012 26 Comments

By Alistair Waters - Kelowna Capital News - May 16, 2012  Kelowna says it will test lake water off Cedar Avenue to show just how bad it is. But it....

Metro-Vancouver – tighter water sprinkling rules now enforced

May 23, 2012 0 Comments

By Jeff Nagel - Surrey North Delta Leader  Published: May 18, 2012 9:00 AM 

New sprinkling regulations take effect June 1, 2012.
Metro Vancouver residents now face....

Union Bay water picture less murky after agreement reached

May 14, 2012 0 Comments

By Scott Stanfield - Comox Valley Record May 8, 2012 

Water agreement reached with UBID
Kensington Island Properties took another step forward Friday when the regional....

Okanagan water levels cause concern

May 09, 2012 0 Comments

By Kristi Patton - Penticton Western News May 8, 2012 

High river flows are a safety concern.
High water levels near Okanagan rivers have conservation officers....

Duteau plant solves water issue

May 09, 2012 0 Comments

By Roger Knox - Vernon Morning Star - May 4, 2012

Vernon uses treatment plant to replace lake water
It was a first for the Regional....

OBWB’s ‘Excellent’ water study

May 03, 2012 0 Comments

CASTANET - Grant Scott, April 29, 2012 

The Water Supply Association was one of 13 partnering organizations to share the OBWB award.
The Okanagan....

Mayor no fan of new water standards

Apr 30, 2012 0 Comments

BY BENJAMIN ALLDRITT, NORTH SHORE NEWS, April 22, 2012 

Could Health Canada guidelines cost Metro Vancouver $400 million?
The mayor of the City of....

Ministry of Health releases surface water treatment objectives

Apr 28, 2012 1 Comments

Provincial surface water treatment objectives released
The Ministry of Health released its March 2012 report titled Drinking Water Treatment Objectives at the recent BCWWA conference....