The Miami Conservancy District is seeking professional staff to serve as the Great Miami Riverway coordinator. This staff position will work with a coalition of local agencies to manage the Great Miami Riverway Placemaking Initiative. The goals of the Great Miami Riverway Placemaking Initiative are to develop and implement ongoing marketi ...

Sealed proposals will be received until 2:00 p.m. local time, Friday, September 6, 2019. The Hamilton Revetment Rehabilitation Left Bank Upstream of the Main High Bridge project will include: Saw cutting and sealing approximately 19,326 linear feet of concrete revetment joints. Saw cutting and sealing approximately 1,717 linear feet ...

The Miami Conservancy District Board of Directors will hold its next meeting on Thursday, September 5, at MCD headquarters, 38 E. Monument Ave. in Dayton. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m., followed by a work session at 12:30 p.m.

The Lockington Dam Right Wall Drain System and Concrete Repair project will include: Partial concrete removal from the dam outlet works. Excavating the dam embankment along the concrete wall and other areas. Installing an aggregate filter drain with perforated and non-perforated pipe. Hydrodemolition of existing concrete wall. ...

Property owners and public corporations currently paying a Miami Conservancy District (MCD) Dam Safety Assessment are notified of a modification to the MCD Dam Safety Program. This modification involves additional dam improvement costs of $3,900,000 which will be funded through Dam Safety Assessments beginning in 2020 and ending in 2022. ...

By Sarah Hippensteel Hall, Ph.D., manager of watershed partnerships Could your land use plan be holding back your community? It could if you’re not utilizing the regional open space plan to safeguard the aquifer’s groundwater and be prepared for the future. Planning for changing climate This region is averaging about 5 more inches ...

For the sixth straight month, the Great Miami River Watershed recorded above-average precipitation. June brought an average of 5.87 inches of rain to the Great Miami River Watershed―1.75 inches above the monthly average. The high station was Bellefontaine (12.31 inches) and the low station was Taylorsville Dam (3.65 inches). As of June ...

The Miami Conservancy District has published its 2019 report to the community. Among the stories in theDeed, a flip-book publication, are: Major investment needed at the dams. Preparing for disasters. Defining the 100-year flood. Precipitation on the rise. Making rivers safer and cleaner.

What’s in your water? Montgomery County residents, bring a well-water sample to the Test Your Well event on Tuesday, July 23, and find out. Have your water tested for nitrates, nitrites and iron levels. It’s free and confidential. The first 50 people also will receive a free and confidential lead, arsenic and manganese analysis. The ...

Runners take your mark...and choose from a couple of events to be held on MCD land in July. The Free Four Miler on the Fourth will be held on July 4 with the start and finish at Riverfront Park in Miamisburg. The event is free to all military--active, retired, and reserve-- and all local first responders. (Bring proof of service or emplo ...

By Mike Ekberg, manager of water resources monitoring and analysis What if I told you the Great Miami River in Dayton has some of the healthiest populations of fish and macroinvertebrates (stream bugs) and provides some of the best aquatic habitat in Ohio? You probably wouldn't believe me. After all, urban rivers aren’t often associate ...

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

April brought an average of 4.78 inches of precipitation to the Great Miami River Watershed―0.96 inches above average. The high station was Union City (7.61 inches), and the low station was Taylorsville Dam (3.56 inches). As of April 30, the Great Miami River Watershed had received an average of 18.45 inches of precipitation in 2019, wh ...

The records commission meeting is scheduled for Monday, May 15, at 10 a.m. at MCD, 38 E. Monument Avenue in Dayton.

By Brenda Gibson, public relations manager How many different ways can we say it? Wearing a life jacket can save your life. We know, we know. You have all kinds of reasons why you don’t want to wear it. Here are five excuses we’ve heard for not wearing a life jacket and why they don’t hold water. I have life jackets on board. Tha ...

By Elizabeth Connor, Great Miami Riverway Sometimes the best travel plans are right in your own backyard. If you’re looking for new and exciting activities to do and places to visit this year, you won’t have to travel far. The Great Miami Riverway’s Tour de Way passport program launches on May 4. You can explore the region all yea ...

March brought an average of 3.95 inches of precipitation to the Great Miami River Watershed ― 0.81 inches above average. The high station for the month was Sidney (4.78 inches), and the low station was Troy (3.18 inches). As of March 31, the Great Miami River Watershed had received 13.66 inches of precipitation in 2019 which is 5.59 inc ...

The Miami Conservancy District (MCD) has been named a Groundwater Guardian Green Site for the 11thyear in a rowby the Groundwater Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Lincoln, Nebraska. MCD was honored for its water-friendly land management practices at its dams, levees, and preserved floodplain. “Groundwater is a vital resour ...

Sinclair Community College will hold a 5K Hunger Walkat noon on Thursday, April 25, along the Great Miami River Trail.

Premier Health presents Miami Valley Hospital Wellness 5K/10K Run and Walk on Saturday, April 13, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Island MetroPark. More information