City of Kelowna’s Landscape & Irrigation Standards for Water Sustainability
The City of Kelowna is among the most proactive municiplaities in British Columbia with respect to water conservation with its WaterSmart program.
The City of Kelowna is among the most proactive municiplaities in British Columbia with respect to water conservation with its WaterSmart program.
There are many ways of demonstrating how much water is used but very few ways of assessing how much water is wasted. ESI ( Environmental Sensors Inc.) has partnered with the city of Kelowna, British Columbia to show what happens to their water from the minute it hits the soil …..
Drought can have a major inpact on agricultural production. Impacts are not only felt for the current drrought year, but can have lingering impacts that last several years.
Farmers wanted to have some assurance that their water supply was secure and that future reduction in flows would be based on a plan that was agreed upon by the community and fisheries.
UBC Okanagan is a partner in the NOGWCA project. This is a three year study funded by the Canada-British Columbia Water Supply Expansion program made available through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC).
The encouraging response from the province’s agricultural community to the new Enviornmental Farm program designed to enhance environmental awareness among producers, is good news for B.C. municipalities.
The Partnership Committee on Agriculture and the environment was established in April, 1998 to provide a single-window approach for consultation on environmental issues that affect farmers and agriculture.
The City of Surrey is showing the way by correcting long-standing drainage and flooding problems experienced by farmers in the Sperpentine-Nicomekl Lowlands.
WESTERN CANADA's PREMIER LANDSCAPE AND NURSERY TRADE SHOW The CanWest Horticulture Show has been the meeting place for buyers and sellers of BC’s nursery, floriculture and landscape industry. This event usually takes place in September of each year in Vancouver.
The Agriculture & Water community-of-interest is the web-delivery vehicle for informing British Columbians of agriculture and water issues in the province.