Our Regional Biosolids Composting Facility in Vernon operates under the British Columbia Ministry of Environment’s Permit Number 108537, last dated July 12, 2017. It’s a joint operation between the City of Vernon and the City of Kelowna designed to effectively compost wastewater treatment plant biosolid material through an environmentally-friendly and financially-sound process. 

Did you know that landscaping irrigation in the average Kelowna home accounts for 55 per cent of the city’s total annual water use? This means that, during the summer, we’re using around 72 million litres of water on average for our lawns and gardens! We can lower this number by designing our yards and gardens with water conservation in mind.  Chose climate appropriate plant material and an appropriate/sufficient growing medium, and install an efficient irrigation system.

In Kelowna there are year-round, assigned day water conservation measures in place to help to reduce peaks in water use, reducing the high demands on our water delivery system at any given time. This allows the system to keep up with the demands for clean drinking water, irrigation and commercial use, and gives it the ability to store water for future use (i.e. in case of local fires).

Okanagan Lake supports our community each and every single day. Let's all do our part in reducing our water use so this precious resource can continue to support and inspire us for generations to come.

Stormwater is the water from rainstorms and snowmelt that goes into the storm drains in the road. These storm drains are connected to an underground pipe system that discharges to our creeks, ponds, and lakes.

These pipes start out small and get larger the closer you are to the discharge point and use gravity to direct the stormwater.

Get Involved in Stormwater Funding here

Find answers below to commonly asked questions about the transfer of outstanding utility account balances to property tax accounts.