Miami Conservancy District

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The Miami Conservancy District is a regional flood control and water management agency in southwest Ohio responsible for protecting communities along the Great Miami River and its tributaries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf flood control district
special-purpose district
water management agency
alsoKnownAs MCD
basinManaged Great Miami River basin
linked to: Great Miami River
coordinates 39.76°N 84.19°W
country United States
createdInResponseTo Great Dayton Flood of 1913
foundedBy citizens of Dayton, Ohio
governingBody Board of Directors of the Miami Conservancy District
hasPurpose aquifer protection
flood control
recreation management
water management
water quality protection
headquartersLocation Dayton, Ohio
linked to: Dayton
inception 1915
legalBasis Ohio Conservancy Act of 1914
locatedIn Great Miami River watershed
linked to: Great Miami River

Ohio
southwest Ohio
linked to: southwestern Ohio
operates channel improvements
levees
retention basins
system of earthen flood control dams
operatesDam Englewood Dam
Germantown Dam
Huffman Dam
Lockington Dam
Taylorsville Dam
protects Dayton metropolitan area
Hamilton, Ohio
Miamisburg, Ohio
Middletown, Ohio
Piqua, Ohio
Troy, Ohio
West Carrollton, Ohio
communities along the Great Miami River
riverManaged Great Miami River
serviceAreaPopulation over 500,000 people
taxationMethod benefit assessment on protected properties
tributariesManaged Loramie Creek
Mad River
Stillwater River
Twin Creek
website https://www.mcdwater.org/

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Great Miami River hasWatershedAuthority Miami Conservancy District