With the community of Willowbrook and Electoral Area C still under a state of local emergency due to flooding, high water levels and dam volumes, the Province will now be working with the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) to complete an area-wide assessment of drainage issues.
With the increasing number of potential threats throughout that area, the Provincial Emergency Operations Centre (PREOC) has approved expenditure of an inter-ministry partnership with the RDOS to complete the assessment.
The assessment is looking at the interaction of all the current and potential drainage actions and the downstream affects that mitigation options will have on properties and residents of those affected areas.
The assessment is underway and best practice recommendations will be forthcoming, to facilitate moving forward with activities to reduce the risk and threat to homes and properties in the area.
