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Plan a Bike Trip

Click on the link above to visit our interactive recreation trail map for the Great Miami River Recreation Trail.

Regional Trails Map

Order a Miami Valley Recreational Trails Map, featuring trails in Miami, Montgomery, Greene, Clark and Warren counties.

Play It Safe! maps
Our area rivers offer a great water playground, but enjoying them safely is the key. Learn about river safety and view maps of area rivers with our Play It Safe! maps.

Request a free Play It Safe! map for the Mad, Great Miami and Stillwater rivers!

Or download a map now.

Around the watershed

2/08/10

Residents with private drinking wells in Montgomery and Butler counties can have their well water tested for nitrate during upcoming Test Your Well events March 11 and 23, respectively. More information about the Montgomery County event or the Butler County event.

1/25/10MCD is accepting proposals for the seventh round of Water Quality Credit Trading program projects. Agricultural producers in the Great Miami River, Stillwater River, and Mad River watersheds who implement projects that reduce phosphorus and nitrogen from running off land into area streams. Deadline for proposals is
March 26.

1/25/10
Did you know that the drainage area above Huffman Dam is 671 square miles?

1/11/09

Ohio EPA is soliciting proposals for grants awarded from the newly established Surface Water Improvement Fund (SWIF). Grants up to $150,000 dollars each will be awarded to various local organizations to implement projects that reduce nonpoint source pollution and/or stormwater runoff in Ohio’s streams, rivers and lakes. Grants will be awarded for a two-year term. Deadline to apply is Feb. 15. Learn more

1/08/10

The numbers of registered canoes and kayaks in Ohio has increased 43 percent from 2003 to 2009, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Watercraft 2009 Annual Report. A total of 60,065 canoes and kayaks were Ohio-registered in 2003 compared to a preliminary total of 86,163 registered in 2009.

 

Upcoming events on MCD-controlled property

First United Methodist Church in Troy will hold a 5K run/walk for the First Place Christian Center on Jan. 1 at 10 a.m. Call Stacy Elliott at 937.875.0986 for more information.

 

The Feed Dayton 5K will be held on Saturday, April 10, from 9 to 11 a.m. at Eastwood MetroPark/Mad River Recreation Trail. The event is sponsored by the Life Enrichment Center. Contact Lisa Helm at 937.252.5700 or lisa.helm@daytonlec.org for more information.

The Boonshoft School of Medicine at WSU will hold a 5K AIDS Benefit Walk/Run on Sunday, April 18, from 8 a.m. to noon at the Wegerzyn Gardens MetroPark/Stillwater Recreation Trail. Contact Sean Filipovitz at 330.715.0990 or filipovitz.2@wright.edu.

The Wegerzyn Gardens Walkfest, sponsored by Penguins Volksmarch Walking Club, is set for Saturday, April 17, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Wegerzyn Gardens MetroPark/Stillwater Recreation Trail. Contact Helga Slade at 937.429.3946 or hslade@woh.rr.com.

The Artemis Center will sponsor Walk Away from Violence on Monday, May 31, from 8:30 to 11 a.m. at the Wegerzyn Gardens MetroPark/Stillwater River Recreation Trail. Call or e-mail Staci Hilborn at 937.461.5091 or stacih@artemiscenter.org.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buy surplus MCD equipment
MCD currently has no items for bid.

Interactive Water Quality Credit Trading map now available
Check out MCD's newest interactive map. See agricultural projects, automated samplers, hydrologic unit info and wastewater treatment plants.

 

 

 


Play It Safe! river recreation maps available
River recreation can be exciting, relaxing and fun, but most of all it should be safe. Order your free Play It Safe! map for the Great Miami, Stillwater and/or Mad rivers.

 


Interactive bike trail map available on-line
Trail users can now check out all of the amenities – from restaurants to points of interest to restrooms – all along the Great Miami River Recreation Trail. Plan your next trip and choose where you want to eat, stop and shop.

 

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MCD Real-Time Data

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USGS Real-Time Data

View real-time precipitation and river stage data.

 

Report Spills
Report spills, abandoned drums, and other environmental emergencies 24 hours a day at 1-800-282-9378.

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