Osoyoos Lake on the border of B.C and Washington State has a water-sharing agreement with the U.S. under the 1909 Boundary Water Treaty. The agreement is up for renewal, and a proposal to guarantee water flows to the U.S. is drawing fire from Okanagan residents.

Fears are surfacing in British Columbia over a call to guarantee water flows to the U.S. under an international agreement controlling Osoyoos Lake levels. The International Joint Commission, a Canadian-U.S. entity established under the 1909 Boundary Water Treaty, will be meeting next week to discuss the terms of an agreement which expires in 2013. There is also concern the agreement, which had a 25-year term, could be renewed in perpetuity as is more common in other similar Canada-U.S. water contracts.