The Great Miami River Bike Trail near Carillon Historical Park in Dayton is scheduled to be closed Monday through Friday, Nov. 6 to 10. A small retaining wall is being built along the trail near the railroad bridge, weather permitting. Cyclists can detour via East River Road to north of the Dayton Boat Club.

What’s in your water? Montgomery County residents, bring a well-water sample to the Test Your Well event on Tuesday, Nov. 14, and find out. Have your water tested for nitrates, nitrites and iron levels. It’s free and confidential.The event will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. at Montgomery County Environmental Lab,4257 Dryden Road, in Morai ...

What's in your water? Bring a well-water sample to the Miami County Water and Soil Testing Fair on Nov. 13 and find out. Have your water tested for nitrates, nitrites and iron levels. It's free and confidential. The event will be held on Monday, Nov. 13, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Miami East High School cafeteria, 3925 N. State Route 589 i ...

September brought an average of 2.18 inches of precipitation to the Great Miami River Watershed — 0.67 inches below average for the month. The high station was Germantown Dam (3.19 inches), and the low station was De Graff (1.06 inches). As of September 30, the Great Miami River Watershed had received an average of 36.71 inches of preci ...

You drink water from your faucet everyday. Shouldn't you test it once a year? Bring a sample of your well water to the Greene County Test Your Well Water & Soil Event on Wednesday, Sept. 28. You can receive a free well water screening for nitrate and iron.The event will be held from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the Greene County Fairgrounds (dining ...

Dayton Area CROP Hunger Walk will be held on Sunday, Oct. 1. The 5K walk begins and ends at the band shell at Island MetroPark. The walk follows along the Stillwater River Trail with a detour for the Helena Street Bridge reconstruction.  

Fall is a great time for walks and run. Check out these three events being held this weekend on MCD land: Saturday, Sept. 23 7th Annual Bleeding Disorder Awareness 5K Sponsored bySouthwestern Ohio Hemophilia Foundation Rice Field and Crains Run Park in Miamisburg Registration begins at 9 a.m. with the 5K at 10 a.m. More information Satu ...

August brought an average of 2.43 inches of precipitation to the Great Miami River Watershed – 0.66 inches below average for the month. The high station was Saint Paris (5.42 inches), and the low station was Union City (0.76 inches). As of August 31, the Great Miami River Watershed had received 34.53 inches of precipitation in 2017, whi ...

The Miami Conservancy District (MCD) Board of Directors will hold its next meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 20, at MCD headquarters, 38 E. Monument Ave. in Dayton. The work session will begin at 10 a.m., followed by the board meeting at 12:30 p.m.

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MCD staff recently found artificial sweeteners in five of 12 groundwater samples. The samples were collected from monitoring wells installed in the buried valley aquifer.

A small section of the Great Miami River Bike Trail in Dayton will be closed for about a month beginning Monday, Aug. 14. Repairs are being made to concrete slope protection (revetment) and retaining walls along the west side of the trail downstream of Monument Avenue to First Street. To detour around the work, use the bike stairs at Wol ...

Work is scheduled to begin Monday, Aug. 14, on the Monument Floodwall Replacement project in Dayton. The work is actually three jobs in one. The contractor will: Replace 62 feet of the 18-foot-tall Monument stone floodwall with a reinforced concrete floodwall. The work will be done along the left bank, downstream of the Monument Avenu ...

With all of the rain this summer, it’s hard to know if the bike trails are dry for your next ride. Now, you can find out on MCD’s website. MCD has created a “trail conditions” page for trail sections it maintains on the Great Miami and Mad rivers. “We provide an up-to-date hydrograph showing the river level, and we provide the ...

July brought an average of 6.63 inches of precipitation to the Great Miami River Watershed — 2.26 inches above the monthly average. The high station was Springfield’s Wastewater Treatment Plant (10.07 inches), and the low station was West Milton (4.81 inches). As of July 31, the Great Miami River Watershed had received 32.10 inches of ...

MainStreet Piqua's Rockin' River Duck Drop will be held on Saturday, Aug. 19. The event begins at 6 p.m. at Lock 9, 125 E, Water Street in Piqua.Thousands of numbered rubber ducks make their way down the Miami River. Will your duck be the winner of a $1000 grand prize?  

Angels of Childhood Cancer Foundation (ACCF) will hold its Running for the 46 5K on Saturday, Aug. 12, at 7 a.m. at Lockington Dam, 9120 Lockington Dam Road. Contact Josh Wagner at (937) 710-3112 for more information.

MainStreet Piqua's "Down the River-Down a Beer" is set for Saturday, Aug. 12, at Lock 9 Park. Canoe races run from 3 to 7 p.m., with a river fire event at dusk. Beer tasting -- 99 different choices -- begins at 6 p.m.    

Germanfest will be held Aug. 11-13 at RiverScape MetroPark in downtown Dayton. The event runs from 5 to 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. A Germanfest 5K/10K race/walk will be held on Saturday, Aug. 12, at 9 a.m.

The Miami Conservancy District Conservancy Court meeting will be held at MCD headquarters on Friday, Aug. 11, at 10 a.m.