The Okanagan Basin Water Board and the Canadian Water Resources Association, BC Branch are excited to host siwłkʷ (WATER) FOR ALL – CO CREATING FUTURES Environmental Flows Conference 2024, March 13-15, 2024, in Kelowna, B.C.

This conference will bring together representatives from national and international organizations who are engaged in water management or research, including fisheries and water managers, First Nations, regulators, policy-makers, academia, funders and NGOs. The conference will cover several main themes and will focus on discussing the state of knowledge of Environmental Flows setting in B.C. and recent Environmental Flows related work in the Okanagan and elsewhere in Canada and the United States.

We are in a time of great change in water management in B.C. and across Canada, as governments move forward with reconciliation, and bring policies into line with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The upcoming Environmental Flows Conference, held March 13 – 15, 2024 in Kelowna, is a rare opportunity to get an insider’s view of how these changes are evolving, and what they mean for all water users.

Environmental Flows are emerging as the critical lens through which all water-related decisions will be viewed. This conference goes beyond discussing the implementation of Environmental Flows Needs (EFN) legislation, digging into the interplay between fisheries needs and the implications of water shortages, all exacerbated by climate change.

The way we allocate scarce water resources will be strongly influenced by Environmental Flows going forward. This makes it critical to hear from people working at all levels of government, from the agricultural industry, and from representatives of all sectors who extract water from streams and aquifers.

Be a part of this critically important conversation and help chart the future of water management.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn and contribute your voice.