MSD is hard at work upgrading the public sewer system. Find an MSD project across Hamilton County.
Learn moreView 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).
Learn moreMSD's SBU program provides assistance to customers who have experienced sewer backups from the public sewer.
MSD offers a Customer Assistance Program (CAP) to help low-income senior citizens pay their sewer bills.
MSD is implementing a Wet Weather Program to reduce sewer overflows into local rivers and streams.
MSD is building a "Smart Sewer" system that is helping to reduce sewer overflows into our creeks and rivers.
Visit the Lick Run Greenway, Cincinnati’s newest urban recreational space!
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The Mill Creek, once named the most endangered urban stream in America, is on the road toward recovery.
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May 21, 2024
The Hamilton County Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) will hold a public hearing Thursday, May 23, 2024, on their proposed Phase 2B plan for MSD's Wet Weather Program (Consent Decree).
The hearing will begin at 1:15 p.m. in Room 603 of the Todd B. Portune Center for County Government, 138 E. Court Street (45202).
View the BoCC's Phase 2B Proposed Plan Summary
Visit the BoCC website for more information
May 07, 2024
Heavy rain is predicted in the Cincinnati area today. These weather conditions could potentially result in sewer overflows into local creeks and rivers and sewer backups into buildings.
If you have experienced a sewer backup in your home or business, here are five things you need to know:
March 27, 2024
A portion of the Ohio River Trail in the East End will temporarily close in early April 2024 for about a month while the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati (MSD) installs permanent bypass piping underneath the path.
The trail closure is between Wilmer Avenue and Carrel Street. Visitors to the trail will be detoured via Airport Road; detour signage will be posted.