Based on recommendations to be discussed at next week’s RDOS board meeting, directors could decide to grant the Town of Oliver a half million dollars to enhance the water utility serving rural and town customers.

The RDOS has 4.27 million dollars to distribute. The highest amount 1.2 million dollars goes to Penticton for street lighting (low energy). Osoyoos will get $550 thousand for lighting (low energy) for a new fire hall and Oliver will receive a half million for a new well north of Tuc-el-nuit Lake at Buchanan Rd.

The rural areas in the RDOS will see their funding go to Trail Projects and a special work plan at OK Falls where tertiary treated effluent will be allow to discharge into wetlands rather than Okanagan River – creating more habitat and adding another layer of cleansing waste water.