RDOS will apply for $100 thousand grant to help keep lakes safe.

Board of Directors support the application to the RBC Blue Water Project Leadership Grant for the Okanagan Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Program in the amount of $100,000.

The RBC Blue Water Project was launched in 2007 by the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). It is a wide-ranging, 10 year program to help foster a culture of water stewardship in Canada and abroad, dedicated to protecting the world’s most precious natural resource: fresh water. Since 2007, RBC has committed over $41 million in grants to more than 700 charitable organizations worldwide, with an additional $8.8 million pledged to university programs, for awareness, education and on-the-ground programs that protect watersheds and ensure access to clean drinking water.

In 2015-2016, the RBC Blue Water Project will focus on supporting initiatives that help protect and preserve water in towns, cities and urbanized areas with populations of more than 10,000 people.

RBC will fund projects that focus on one or more of the following objectives:
 Improve control and management of urban storm or rain water.
 Efficient and innovative use (or capture and reuse) of water.
 Protection and restoration of urban waterways.
 Improved urban water quality.