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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 ...

Posted on: May 01, 2020
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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 ...

Posted on: Apr 20, 2020
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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!

Posted on: Apr 13, 2020
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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 ...

Posted on: Apr 02, 2020
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See where the Miami Valley gets its water and what the buried valley aquifer is and how it works.

Posted on: Apr 01, 2020
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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 ...

Posted on: Mar 20, 2020
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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.

Posted on: Mar 17, 2020
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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 ...

Posted on: Mar 11, 2020
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Life Connection of Ohio will hold its Strides for Life 5K on Saturday, April 25, along the Mad River Trail in Dayton. Learn more

Posted on: Mar 09, 2020
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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 ...

Posted on: Mar 02, 2020
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Read about the activities and accomplishments of MCD's water stewardship program in this 2012-2019 summary report. bit.ly/WaterStewardshipReport  

Posted on: Feb 14, 2020
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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? ...

Posted on: Feb 10, 2020
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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.  

Posted on: Jan 22, 2020
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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 ...

Posted on: Jan 09, 2020
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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.

Posted on: Jan 08, 2020
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By Sarah Hippensteel Hall, Ph.D., MCD manager of watershed partnerships Water is the Rodney Dangerfield of resources. Like Dangerfield used to say, it “don’t get no respect.” Let’s face it. You can’t live without water. But I’ll bet you don’t think twice when you turn on the faucet. You just expect that good quality wa ...

Posted on: Jan 08, 2020
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November brought an average of 1.88 inches of precipitation to the Great Miami River Watershed ― 1.43 inches below average for the month. The high station was Springboro South (2.87 inches), and the low station was Beechwood (1.16 inches). As of November 30th, the Great Miami River Watershed had received 42.05 inches of precipitation in ...

Posted on: Dec 09, 2019
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The Miami Conservancy District Board of Directors will hold its next meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 18, at MCD headquarters, 38 E. Monument Ave. in Dayton. The work sessions will begin a 9 a.m., followed by the regular meeting at 10 a.m.

Posted on: Nov 15, 2019
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October brought an average of 3.14 inches of precipitation to the Miami Valley. That's just slightly above the monthly average (0.20 inches). The high station was Eaton (4.40 inches), and the low station was Springboro South (2.16 inches). As of October 31, the region had received 40.17 inches of precipitation in 2019, which is 6.24 inche ...

Posted on: Nov 08, 2019
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Former Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Foley began work today as the new Great Miami Riverway Coordinator. “We are excited to have Dan Foley join the Riverway,” says Janet Bly, Miami Conservancy District (MCD) general manager. “Dan Foley was an early champion of the Great Miami Riverway initiative. He has a thorough understandin ...

Posted on: Nov 04, 2019