RDCO Basin Water Board Grant Applications -
The Regional Board has approved submitting nine funding applications to the Okanagan Basin Water Board for proposed water-related projects and initiatives during 2008. Four of the applications relate to projects that the Regional District would like to conduct including a request for $30,000 in funding for the Universal Water Metering Program within the Westside District Municipality and Central Okanagan West Electoral Area and a $30,000 grant for Sensitive Habitat Inventory Mapping in partnership with the City of Kelowna. The Regional Board also endorsed five applications for funding totalling $154,400 from other organizations and Irrigation Districts throughout the Central Okanagan. Based on the region’s population, the Water Board may provide approximately $176,000 for 2008 initiatives under its Water Conservation and Quality Improvement Grant Program.
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