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Water Supply and Demand Project

How much water do we use now, how much do we need for the future?

OBWB Chairman John Slater and Barry Penner, B.C. Minister of Environment, establishing the Okanagan Water Supply & Demand Study partnership.

Water availability in the Okanagan Basin has been a long-standing issue, due to competing agricultural and industrial demands, rapid population growth and the Basin’s location in a semi-arid region.  Numerous water supply studies have been conducted in the area, particularly over the past 3 decades.  However, with the exception of the 1974 Okanagan Basin Study and the 1994 water supply study, (a limited update) none have been basin-wide in scope. The goal of the current Okanagan Basin Water Supply and Demand Analysis is to determine the best estimate of immediate and future water need and availability, taking into account the influence of growth, climate change, land use change, preservation of the environment, and other factors.

This study is being conducted as a partnership between the Okanagan Basin Water Board and the BC Ministry of Environment, with significant contributions from Environment Canada, Agriculture Canada, BC Ministry of Agriculture, and First Nations. The project is expected to be completed in 2009.

The Okanagan Basin Water Supply and Demand Study also includes a Groundwater Assessment of the Okanagan Basin

 

 

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