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Now in its 11th year, the Make Water Work campaign was promoted by mayors across the Okanagan this week.
It’s a valley-wide initiative aimed at helping tackle the second largest use of water in the Okanagan, residential water use.
To better target the issue at hand, municipalities across the Okanagan are gearing up for a bit of friendly competition to see which community can conserve the most amount of water.
“It’s fun, but also a serious issue,” notes Armstrong Mayor Chris Pieper, whose community has collected the most pledges to win four time over the past 10 years.
“We all drink out of the same watershed,” he adds.
The Make Water Work Campaign started in 2011 and is led by the Okanagan Basin Water Board and its Okanagan WaterWise program.
Mayors from Kelowna, West Kelowna, Lake Country, Peachland, Oliver and Osoyoos all took to social media to spread the word on the importance of water conservation.
“This spring, the Okanagan has seen record-breaking temperatures and record low precipitation,” added OBWB chair and Osoyoos Mayor Sue McKortoff. “We often take water for granted and we need to be much more mindful about water waste.”
Residents are encouraged to take the water pledge to help each community conserve as much water as possible this summer.
Take the pledge to conserve water in the Okanagan this summer here.
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