A drier weekend, and less snowpack meltwater entering Okanagan Lake, are a couple of reasons for a decrease in the lake's level.
Kirsten Jones at the Emergency Operations Centre says Okanagan Lake is down 8 mms from Sunday to 343-240 metres, while Kalamalka Lake is down 11 mms to 392.409 metres.
She says despite the positive news, water levels are still extremely high, and residents should keep flood protections in place. Jones says crews will be out again Monday.
"We're continuing with fortifying our barriers, and making sure that they aren't deteriorating in any way - and we're advising the public to keep your barriers in place for the time being," she says.
Jones says officials also continue to recommend not using power boats on Okanagan Lake, because wave action created by boats can damage flood protections. Officials are also reminding everyone to leave shoreline debris alone as it helps to guard against erosion.
She says it'll be a few more weeks before a major shoreline clean-up can begin.
"We are getting calls asking about where to take deadfall and broken-up docks, and we're advising the public to just leave everything in place for now, until we're pretty sure we're out of the woods, and then there will come a time when we put out information from CORD Emergency explaining where to take the sand and the sandbags, and how to dispose of all that material," says Jones.
Meantime - the Regional District has closed Antlers Beach Regional Park as crews work to repair shoreline and infrastructure damage caused by high waves.
For more information - you can visit www.cordemergency.ca