News Items tag as: South East Kelowna Irrigation District

Cost for clean drinking water up 30 per cent for South East Kelowna
May 14, 2018 - 4:04 PM

KELOWNA - A $22 million shortfall in the cost of amalgamating the South East Kelowna Irrigation District with the City of Kelowna water utility is because so many other cities and towns in the province are doing the same thing at the same time.
South East Kelowna water users placed on boil water notice
May 01, 2018 - 4:00 PM

KELOWNA - Residents of Kelowna who get their drinking water from the South East Kelowna Irrigation District or the Hall Road water well are being placed on a boil water notice.
Spring runoff causing water quality problems throughout Southern Interior
April 21, 2016 - 1:00 PM

HIGH WATER FLUSHING ORGANICS AND BACTERIA DOWNSTREAM INTO SOME WATER SYSTEMS
Water board to study groundwater flows in Mission Creek
February 23, 2016 - 4:30 PM

DATA SHOULD INFORM DECISIONS ABOUT WELL DRILLING IN THE KELOWNA ALLUVIAL PLAIN
Water main break disrupts service in East Kelowna
November 25, 2015 - 9:39 AM

KELOWNA - A broken water main in East Kelowna has cut off water service to a number of homes.
South East Kelowna residents facing big rate hikes
May 02, 2015 - 2:36 PM

KELOWNA - Water managers from the South East Kelowna Irrigation District heard loud and clear from residents concerned with the $23.7-million price tag for a water system upgrade.
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Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
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Kamloops council to expand tax exemptions for new rental builds
Developers have more land to choose from if they want to cut costs on new rental buildings in Kamloops. The City is looking to expand a tax exemption program to span massive swaths of Kamloops in order to encourage development. Previously r

Cost for clean drinking water up 30 per cent for South East Kelowna