Private well owners, make sure your family's drinking water is safe. Attend the Warren County Test Your Well event on Tuesday, Sept. 14, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. The event will be held at Carlisle High School, 250 Jamaica Road in Carlisle. Registration is required. The first 40 people to register are guaranteed a free, confidential screening f ...

By Sarah Hippensteel Hall, Ph.D., manager of watershed partnerships For many of us, enjoying prairies has been limited to what we saw on (or see in reruns of) TV shows like “Little House on the Prairie.” That’s because by the middle of the 20th century, nearly all of the North American prairie grasslands had been destroyed by exten ...

What’s in your water? Butler and Preble County residents can find out at an upcoming Test Your Well event. This one will be a bit different from those in the past. The event is limited to the first 40 people who sign up by Aug. 13, with reservations taken on a first-come, first-served basis. Schedule an appointment with either the Butl ...

The Miami Conservancy District is seeking a new general manager to succeed Janet Bly who has announced her intention to retire after serving the organization for 27 years. All questions regarding the position profile should be directed to Waverly Partners, the executive search firm, at [email protected].

Janet Bly is retiring from her position as general manager of The Miami Conservancy. She has led the organization since 2002 and has been with MCD for a total of 27 years, joining the organization in 1994. Bly has agreed to remain in her position until the MCD Board of Directors hires her successor. MCD has contracted with Waverly Partne ...

The Miami Conservancy District has published its 2021 report to the community. Among the stories in the Deed, a flip-book publication, are: Investments in the flood protection system. Work on the Mad River levee at Webster Station. PFAS Trail repairs.

The Great Miami River Watershed averaged just over 5 inches of rain in June, approximately a half inch above average for the month. The high station was Dayton (9.48 inches), and the low station was Bellefontaine (2.06 inches). As of June 30, we've seen 20.17 inches of precipitation in the watershed so far this year. That's 1.93 inches be ...

The Miami Conservancy District (MCD) is requesting Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) from civil engineering consulting firms to perform survey, design services, bid/award technical support, and construction technical support for levee improvements and a multi-use trail on the DAYGML3 Levee in Dayton, Ohio. About MCD MCD protects commun ...

The drought headlines coming out of the western US are sobering."Western US may be entering its most severe drought in modern history," "Potentially the worst drought in 1,200 years." But what about locally? How stable are our water levels? (read more)

The Miami Conservancy District (MCD) is seeking competitive quotes for office furnishings including--but not limited to--desks, chairs, tables, and file storage for its Dayton Service Facility. MCD is a regional flood protection and water resource management agency protecting people and businesses along the Great Miami River in southwest ...

The Board of Directors of The Miami Conservancy District and its Subdistricts will hold its regular meeting on June 24, at 10:30 a.m. at the Sinclair Conference Center, 444 West Third Street, Dayton, OH 45402. Contact Rhonda Snyder at [email protected] or 927-223-1278, ext. 3224 by 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 23, for information on ho ...

May delivered an average of 4.20 inches of rainfall to the Miami Valley which is 0.28 inches below normal for the month. The high observer station was Eaton (5.70 inches), and the low station was Germantown Dam (3.41 inches). Total precipitation in the Miami Valley this year through the end of May is 15.10 inches―2.48 inches below norma ...

By Sarah Hippensteel Hall, Ph.D., manager of watershed partnerships We all want clean and healthy rivers. How about helping to keep them that way? Join in the Clean Sweep of the Great Miami River! You never know what you’ll find. The oldest “piece of trash” was not trash at all. Volunteers discovered a skull cap of an adolescent ...

The Miami Conservancy District (MCD) is requesting Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) from civil engineering consulting firms for professional engineering services related to levee analysis at MCD levee systems in Montgomery County, Ohio. The Request for Qualifications (RFQ) describes the types of services that MCD may require and the de ...

MCD will hold open interviews for seasonal laborer positions tomorrow and Thursday. Open interviews will be held: Tomorrow (Wednesday, May 12) at MCD’s Miamisburg garage from 2-4 p.m. at 1249 S. Main Street in Miamisburg. Thursday, May 13, from 1-3 p.m. at MCD’s Middletown garage at 900 1st Avenue in Middletown. You must be 18 ...

Over a 24-hour period between Sunday and Monday morning, the Great Miami River rose about 4 feet in Dayton and Hamilton after the region received between 1 and 2.2 inches of rainfall. MCD’s flood protection system of dams and levees is working as designed, preventing floodwaters from affecting downtowns along the Great Miami River from ...

April delivered an average of 2.73 inches of precipitation to the Great Miami River Watershed. That a little more than 1.5 inches below average for the month. The high station was Springboro South (3.92 inches), and the low station was West Manchester (1.78 inches). As of the end of April, the Great Miami River Watershed had received 10 ...

By Sarah Hippensteel Hall, Ph.D., manager of watershed partnerships Some people have plenty of excuses why they don’t wear a life jacket when paddling or boating, but there’s not a single good reason. According to a recent report from the U.S. Coast Guard: • Drowning was reported as the cause of death in 79 percent of all boating ...

The Board of Directors of The Miami Conservancy District and its Subdistricts will hold its regular meeting on April 27, 2021, at 10 a.m. in the Charity E. Earley Auditorium at the Sinclair Conference Center, 444 West Third Street, Dayton, OH 45402. Contact Rhonda Snyder at [email protected] or 927-223-1278, ext. 3224 by 4:30 p.m. on M ...

March brought an average of 3.78 inches of precipitation to the Great Miami River Watershed―0.43 inches above the monthly average. The high station was Arcanum (5.02 inches), and the low station was Lakeview (2.39 inches). As of March 31st, the Great Miami River Watershed has received 8.17 inches of precipitation in 2021, which is 0.66 ...