![]() New hotels would need to be built to house the people that come, and restaurants to feed them.ĭidn't mean to hijack the thread. Clean it up, allow riverboat gambling, and watch the Youngstown area start to boom. The Mahoning River is another prime example. dying for jobs, inputs of money, recreation. I tell you, our local politicians are so ignorant. Make it so that there is NO building allowed on the shores so that the wilderness feel is maintained. it would prove to be a great asset to our community. If they opened up that lake and reserve for hunting, fishing, non-motorized boating, hiking, etc. If its that much of a problem, I say make it electric motor only. Sooo what? I could swear other municipalities allowed fishing on their water supplies without ill effects. They are an infestation! The standard reply I have heard as to why they don't allow fishing there is because its Youngstown's drinking water supply. Last winter they ate hundreds of dollars of shrubs from my property. It just kills me that I can't go back there. Sure seemed like alot of those homes around Milton had for sale signs in front of them for some reason the last time I was out there. Heck, it wouldn't suprise me to see the city do that first. ![]() I just have a feeling that if they ever do, it will be turned into way over priced real estate full of Condos and homes just like Milton. Maybe one day Meander will get too expensive for the city to maintain and the state will take it over just like Milton. Never scouted those areas to see if they are fishable, but seemed like a better chance of being legal than fishing in the lake (not that I would have ever snuck in to fish the lake or anything like that as a kid ). I looked it up once, I believe the dam is in Mineral Ridge and Kirk Rd crosses over the creek before it enters the lake. There have to be some head/tail waters where some percentage of the fish end up. One thing I always wondered is why people are willing to risk a run in with the law to fish that lake. I remember seeing it there when I went past as a kid, then one day it was partially down and eventually completely down. The Village of McDonald is supplied water off of Youngstown's 48" line at two different locations.Click to expand.Yes, that was a bridge that was brought down years ago. Niles is supplied water by two 20" cast iron mains, one 10,000 feet long and the other 15,000 feet long, and one 24" ductile iron main 14,000 feet long. reservoir two 42" steel feeder mains continue into the center of the city. storage reservoir owned by the District and one 48" concrete main 14,000 feet long to Youngstown's Webb Road Booster Pump Station. The water is delivered to Youngstown by two 36" steel force mains each 28,000 feet long, to a 30 M.G. The highest year on record for the production of water was 1978-1979 when the daily average water usage was 40.48 M.G.D. The design capacity of the water plant is 60 M.G.D. The population now served is estimated at 220,000.ĭuring the last fiscal year, 2015-2016, the District pumped to the two member cities and McDonald a total of 7441.162 million gallons (M.G.) of water for an average of 20.331 million gallons daily (M.G.D.). These entities then supply water to the surrounding metropolitan area including Girard, Canfield, Mineral Ridge, and the Village of Lordstown, Craig Beach as well as portions of ten townships in Trumbull and Mahoning County. The District furnishes water to the two member cities of Youngstown and Niles, and to the Village of McDonald as agent of the member cities. The land is reforested with 4 million evergreens and serves as an unofficial fish and game refuge with no public access permitted. The District owned land includes 5,500 acres enclosed by 35 miles of fence. Two higher elevated emergency spillways were added across the dam to the west of the original spillway in the early 1990's. The dam is 50 feet high, 3,550 feet long, with 260 feet of spillway. An inflatable rubber bladder at the top of the spillway allows for 1 billion gallons of additional water storage. The District's Meander Creek Reservoir is seven miles long, covers 2,010 acres with 40 miles of shoreline, and has a capacity, at the top of the spillway of 10 billion gallons of water. ![]() The District is overseen by the Trumbull and Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas and a Board of Directors that are appointed by the member cities. The Mahoning Valley Sanitary District is a political subdivision of the State of Ohio established under the authority of the Sanitary Act of Ohio and governed by the Ohio Revised Code Chapter 6115, for the purpose of providing a public water supply. On Jthe District officially began providing water to Youngstown and Niles.
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