MSD proposes 50/50 credit-sharing IGAs with municipalities to permit development while reducing sewer backups

Jan 28, 2026

Metropolitan Sewer District deputy director Reese Johnson proposed a strategy to reduce sewer backups by identifying hydraulic clusters ('Larissas'), removing extraneous private-side flow, and crediting verified public-side removals to municipalities (Sharonville IGA on Thursday). MSD proposed a standard 50/50 split of required flow reductions.

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Reese Johnson, deputy director and chief engineer for the Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD), presented a new SBU (sewer-backup) strategic risk reduction initiative on Jan. 27 that pairs MSD hydraulic analysis with municipal action to reduce private-side inflow and enable development in constrained areas.

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