Mayors from nearly every Okanagan municipality pledged their commitment to sustainable water use and urged residents to do the same this week.

The mayors joined students from 脡cole Glenmore Elementary at the kick-off event Thursday for Make Water Work, an annual campaign from the Okanagan Basin Water Board to encourage water conservation.

Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran made his pledge is to be more responsible when watering his garden and lawn.

91裸聊视频淲e are becoming more and more urban,91裸聊视频� said Basran. 91裸聊视频淭hat means it91裸聊视频檚 more important than ever that we make sure that the plants and our lawn get watered and not the pavement.91裸聊视频�

The campaign, being in its ninth year, is an annual competition between Okanagan municipalities, one which Kelowna has never won.

91裸聊视频淢y challenge is for the residents of Kelowna to take this seriously because it is a big deal,91裸聊视频� said Basran.

The mayor urges the public to make sure 91裸聊视频渨e are preserving water and making sure there is an abundant supply for not only tomorrow, but for many years to come.91裸聊视频�

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The theme of this year91裸聊视频檚 campaign is to practice water sustainability in gardens, adopting the floral ideas provided by the 91裸聊视频淢ake Water Work in your yard91裸聊视频� plant collection.

The collection is comprised of plants whose biological attributes allow them to survive in drought conditions.

The Glenmore students created their own school garden using the Make Water Work plant options as their guide.

91裸聊视频淭he Hardy Ice Plant can get as high as three inches and spreads to about 20 (inches) and needs full sun and one drop (of water),91裸聊视频� said Grade 5 student Maddie Boback.

Fellow student Cayla Kennedy explained how 91裸聊视频渢he Cushion Spurge91裸聊视频檚 height is 14 inches, it spreads up to 18 inches and in the full sun takes two water drops and in part sun, one water drop.91裸聊视频�

Classmate Charley Dowhaniuk cited the Rose Glow Barberry 91裸聊视频渟lowly reaches four feet wide and five feet high, is best in full sun and part shade and grows in any soil and needs to be watered regularly weekly, or more often in extreme heat.91裸聊视频�

These are just three plants on the thorough and extensive list that can be found on the website.

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91裸聊视频淲e learned about why you want to use waterized plants to use less water,91裸聊视频� said Connor Brasnett, a Grade 5 student in charge of building the wooden structure of the gardens. 91裸聊视频淚t was really cool and fun because we didn91裸聊视频檛 have to do school work.91裸聊视频�

The school garden project had the support of many stakeholders to help the students along the way.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檝e been working with my colleague, Lisa Marques, to teach our students about how we can use water more wisely in the Okanagan,91裸聊视频� said Katie Wihak, a Grade 5 French immersion teacher.

91裸聊视频�(The students) were definitely really excited to work together, to use their hands and to see something come to fruition.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檝e been able to do this because of our administrators and the parents who came and helped as well as reaching out to the community and having their support,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淪o it91裸聊视频檚 really a group effort.91裸聊视频�

Although the event is over, that isn91裸聊视频檛 stopping Glenmore from continuing on the track they91裸聊视频檝e begun.

91裸聊视频淥ur goal is to turn this space into an outdoor learning centre,91裸聊视频� explained Wihak. 91裸聊视频淓ventually we want to build a pergola so there will be some shade for the students and we can work and play outside.91裸聊视频�

The OBWB says nearly a quarter of all water used in the Okanagan is doused on household lawns and gardens.

The valley is already at a disadvantage by having less water per person than anywhere else in Canada, despite having one of the highest usage rates per person.