Miami Conservancy District’s new Deed explains flood protection repairs and funding updates Five dams. A century of protection. The work ahead. A lot has changed in the Miami Valley in 100 years. We still depend on the same five dams. Together with levees, floodwalls, channels, and storage basins, those dams form the Miam ...

  By Angela Manuszak, Special Projects Coordinator Many everyday items that make life easier were invented in the Dayton region. The airplane. The pop-top can. The cash register. Dayton is also home to some pretty amazing, more natural creations, too, namely, our rivers – and the hiking and biking trails near them. And whil ...

Although water quality in our rivers and streams has seen great improvements over the past few decades, about 40 percent still fail to meet water quality standards. Excess nutrients – nitrogen and phosphorus -- are a main cause. This failure is triggering additional regulations focused on wastewater treatment plants that could lead ...