Page 10 - MCD "Our Region's Water" Brochure
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MCD Beginnings
The Great Flood of 1913 was Ohio’s greatest natural disaster. Citizens in the Dayton region lost everything yet raised $2 million to pay for the design of a ood protection system. That effort also led to the creation of MCD, a political subdivision of the state of Ohio.
Conservancy districts can build
and maintain structures to reduce ooding. They can also preserve and restore oodplains, conserve and develop water supplies, and provide places to enjoy the outdoors.
About The Great Miami River Watershed
• Nearly 4,000 square miles of land in southwest Ohio drain to the Great Miami River Watershed.
• Some of the state’s healthiest streams, rivers and groundwater are here.
• The Great Miami, Stillwater and Mad rivers are its largest waterways.
• Includes all or part of 15 counties.
• I-75 and I-70—two of the nation’s longest interstate highways— intersect in the heart of the watershed, just north of Dayton.
• Fifty-three percent of the nation’s population lives within 600 miles of the Dayton region.
