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Financially-Supporting Communities
City of Fort Wayne, IN
City of Lima, OH
City of Bowling Green, OH
City of Defiance, OH
City of Perrysburg, OH
City of New Haven, IN
Town of Leo-Cedarville, IN
Village of Paulding, OH
In-Kind Contributors
City of Hillsdale, MI
City of Toledo, OH
Upcoming Events
February 3, 2010
MRBPLG Legislative Meeting
Bowling Green, OH
What is the MRBPLG?
The Maumee River Basin Partnership of Local Governments (MRBPLG) is a consortium of cities, towns, villages, townships, counties, watershed management groups, and the regional community, which was founded in March 2001 by the City of Fort Wayne, Indiana and the City of Toledo, Ohio. This Partnership stretches across three state boundaries and focuses on a watershed-based approach to water quality management in the Maumee River Basin.
Why is the Maumee River Basin important?
The Maumee River is the Great Lakes Region’s largest tributary and largest watershed flowing from Fort Wayne, Indiana to Toledo, Ohio where it meets Lake Erie. The Maumee River Watershed encompasses 6,609 square miles and includes 3,942 total stream miles. While Lake Erie is the smallest of the Great Lakes, the Maumee has the largest drainage area of any Great Lakes River.
What does the MRBPLG do?
The MRBPLG exists to improve and protect water quality on a regional and local watershed basis by acting as an advocate for its members with state and federal agencies, consolidating data, integrating planning and priorities, and encouraging the development of smaller watershed partnerships.
Why is the MRBPLG necessary?
For many years to come communities like the cities of Fort Wayne, Toledo, Defiance, Lima, Perrysburg, and many others will be spending a great deal of time and money on water quality improvement projects such as those related to combined sewer overflows and storm water runoff. In order to take a collective look at improving water quality in the Maumee Basin Region, a tri-state regional effort, including Indiana, Ohio and Michigan, called the Maumee River Basin Partnership of Local Governments has organized and has been actively meeting since the spring of 2001.
Why should other communities & organizations become involved in the MRBPLG?
Together we can pool our collective resources, experience, and knowledge while integrating our local permits, plans, and water quality goals to improve and protect our shared Maumee Basin in the most comprehensive, realistic, logical, efficient, and cost-effective means possible. If we continue to function as independent governments without any consideration of our collective capabilities, we will fall short of doing the best we can to protect our water resources while saving time and money at the same time.