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As part of the annual campaign, Okanagan residents are encouraged to visit the Make Water Work website (), review a list of water-saving tips and pledge to conserve.

As summer draws to a close, the and its Okanagan WaterWise program begin to wrap up their valley-wide residential water conservation campaign Make Water Work.

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Thanks to contest partners, Weisgarber will receive $4,000 in service from who will provide a landscape audit, plus landscape and irrigation improvements. Another $2,000 in materials is being provided through Bylands Nursery, ProSource Irrigation and Eco Turf Farms. All prizing has been kindly donated.

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In addition to awarding a Grand Prize winner, the community with the most pledges per capita is named Make Water Work Community Champions. This year, the City of Armstrong emerged as the winner. This is Armstrong香蕉视频直播檚 second win, after taking the title in 2015. Past winners include the District of Peachland (2016) and Town of Oliver (2014).