Okanagan Nation Alliance, water board challenge drought monitoring changes

Okanagan Nation Alliance, water board challenge drought monitoring changes

New provincial method of arriving at drought classification called an inaccurate assessment by Okanagan Nation Alliance

ONA at odds with B.C. water ministry over method of drought monitoring - Ground Water Canada

Vernon, B.C. – The Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA), with the support of the Okanagan Basin Water Board, are challenging the Ministry of Water, Lands and Resource Stewardship’s new drought monitoring methods, suggesting they fail to reflect on-the-ground realities. ONA argues the province’s drought classification methods don’t reflect such conditions as low water flows, consistently high water temperatures and declining groundwater. Vernon Morning…