The Great Miami, Stillwater, and Mad rivers offer many paddling, rowing, and power boating opportunities. Ourwater trail mapstake you to public access sites and give you safety information. And one simple act can help you have a safe summer on the water. Wear your life jacket!   It’s that simple. The facts are clear: Four out o ...

In April, an average of 2.88 inches of rain fell throughout the Miami Valley―0.94 inches below the monthly average. The high station was West Liberty (4.85 inches), and the low station was Eaton (1.55 inches). As of April 30, the Miami Valley had received 15.46 inches of precipitation in 2020, which is 3.57 inches above average for this ...

The Miami Conservancy District Board of Directors will hold its next regular meeting via teleconference on Thursday, May 21, beginning at 10 a.m. Contact Rhonda Snyder at 937-223-1278, ext. 3224 or [email protected] by 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 20, for information on how to attend the meeting.

How important is water to the region--and to your life? https://youtu.be/SnEsE5KGePU

MCD has created a new series of videos about the importance of water. Many people in the Miami Valley don’t know where our water comes from, how it’s replenished or the ways water is used beyond our daily life activities. They don’t know what an aquifer is or how it works. Or how many industries rely on groundwater and how high-qual ...

The MCD headquarters building is currently closed to the public. Office staff members are working remotely. You may contact staff by calling our main number at 937-223-1271 and following the prompts. Staff is checking messages regularly. Our field staff continues to maintain the dams and levees, providing flood protection to the region; a ...

The Miami Valley saw more than double the monthly average precipitation in March. An average of 5.63 inches of rain feel across the region. The monthly average is 2.49 inches. The high station was Miamisburg (8.80 inches), and the low station was Pleasant Hill (3.78 inches). As of the end of March, the Miami Valley had received 12.58 inch ...

This region boasts more than 6,600 miles of rivers and streams and is home to Ohio's only national water trail. See how you can help keep our rivers and streams healthy!

The US Postal Service is often lauded for delivering the mail in all kinds of weather—rain, snow, sleet, etc. But delivering, or in our case, protecting, in bad weather is kind of our thing. And for the past two weekends, our staff took it to another level, protecting our communities while following the necessary guidelines in place du ...

See where the Miami Valley gets its water and what the buried valley aquifer is and how it works.

The Great Miami River in Dayton and Hamilton is up about 5 to 10 feet, respectively, since earlier this week. Last night the Miami Valley received between 0.7 and 2.3 inches of precipitation, with a few locations receiving more than 3 inches. MCD’s flood protection system of dams and levees is working as designed, preventing floodwater ...

UPDATED MEETING INFORMATION The Miami Conservancy District Board of Directors will hold its next regular meeting on Thursday, March 26, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Contact Rhonda Snyder at 927-223-1278, ext. 3224 or [email protected] for information on how to attend the meeting.

The Great Miami River Watershed received an average of 2.89 inches of precipitation in February. That's 0.65 inches above the monthly average. The high station was West Carrollton (3.41 inches), and the low station was St. Paris (2.30 inches). As of February 29th , the Great Miami River Watershed had received 6.95 inches of precipitation ...

Life Connection of Ohio will hold its Strides for Life 5K on Saturday, April 25, along the Mad River Trail in Dayton. Learn more

If you own a private well, do you have it tested at least annually? You should. Your family’s health depends on it. Just because your water tastes good doesn’t mean it is good. If you want to be sure your drinking water is safe, you need to have it tested. Test at least annually The National Ground Water Association (NGWA) recommend ...

Read about the activities and accomplishments of MCD's water stewardship program in this 2012-2019 summary report. bit.ly/WaterStewardshipReport  

What’s in your water? Butler and Preble County residents, bring a well-water sample to the Test Your Well event on Tuesday, March 10, and find out. Have your water tested for nitrates. It’s free and confidential. Who should attend? If you answer yes to any of these question, come to the event: Is your well more than 40 years old? ...

The Dayton Foundation will hold its Pink Ribbon Girls Fundraiser on Saturday, Feb. 15, from 1 to 3 p.m. in Miamisburg. The event begins and ends at Star City Brewing Company.  

The region saw more than 45 inches of precipitation in 2019 -- 5 inches above normal for the year. Each of the first six months of the year had above-average rainfall. The next several months were so dry, the region experienced drought conditions. The year finished with above-average precipitation in December with 3.38 inches -- 0.32 inch ...

MCD recorded its first high water event of 2020 over the weekend of January 3-5. Germantown and Englewood dams stored floodwater. Peak water storage was about 200 million gallons of water but the event was not large enough to be in the top 100 storage events.