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Find an MSD project
MSD is hard at work upgrading the public sewer system. Find an MSD project across Hamilton County.
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View CSO Activity
View our Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Activity Map to find out which CSO outfalls in MSD's service area are suspected to be actively overflowing or were recently active (within the last 72 hours).
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Our Clean Water
Progress
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Features
LICK RUN GREENWAY
Visit the Lick Run Greenway, Cincinnati’s newest urban recreational space!
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MILL CREEK'S JOURNEY TOWARD RECOVERY
The Mill Creek, once named the most endangered urban stream in America, is on the road toward recovery.
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Programs
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Sewer Backup (SBU) Program
MSD's SBU program provides assistance to customers who have experienced sewer backups from the public sewer.
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Customer Assistance Program (CAP)
MSD offers a Customer Assistance Program (CAP) to help low-income senior citizens pay their sewer bills.
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CSO Notification Program
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Wet Weather Program
MSD is implementing a Wet Weather Program to reduce sewer overflows into local rivers and streams.
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Smart Sewers Program
MSD is building a "Smart Sewer" system that is helping to reduce sewer overflows into our creeks and rivers.
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Water Quality Monitoring Program
THE LATEST
News & Announcements
December 18, 2024
Notice of Construction for East End/Columbia Tusculum - Anaerobic Digester Project at Little Miami Plant
Starting the week of December 16, MSD will begin work to upgrade solids disposal and odor control facilities at the Little Miami Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) in the East End/Columbia-Tusculum neighborhood. This work includes construction of three anaerobic digesters to process waste solids. The work is scheduled to be completed by early 2028, pending weather and field conditions.
This project will not impact vehicle traffic on Kellogg Avenue or pedestrians on the adjacent Ohio River Trail, which runs on the northeast side of the plant grounds. However, the Kellogg Avenue entrance to the Little Miami WWTP will be closed to all traffic, including emergency vehicles, from December 16 through 2027. The Wilmer Road entrance to the Little Miami WWTP will remain open.
December 13, 2024
2025 Budgets & 3.75% Sewer Rate Increase Approved
The Hamilton County Commissioners have approved MSD's 2025 budgets and a 3.75% sewer rate increase, which will take effect January 1, 2025.
MSD's Operating Budget is $240.9 million, and MSD's Capital Budget is $529.7 million. The sewer rate increase will cost the average single-family residential household an additional $2/month.
December 13, 2024
MSD Hosted Water Quality Forum on December 11 - Muddy Creek and Other Ohio River Tributaries
MSD hosted a public forum on the water quality of Muddy Creek and other west-side tributaries of the Ohio River on December 11.
The forum covered the results of a recent biological and water quality study.
The results of the study show that 71% of the sites sampled in Indian Creek, Muddy Creek, Rapid Run, and Taylor Creek are not in attainment with their aquatic life use designation.