Dry Creek is a stream in
Boone and
Kenton counties,
Kentucky
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, in the
United States
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. It is a tributary of the
Ohio River
The Ohio River is a long river in the United States. It is located at the boundary of the Midwestern and Southern United States, flowing southwesterly from western Pennsylvania to its mouth on the Mississippi River at the southern tip of Illino ...
.
Dry Creek was so named from low water levels during dry weather.
A large
wastewater treatment plant
Wastewater treatment is a process used to remove contaminants from wastewater and convert it into an effluent that can be returned to the water cycle. Once returned to the water cycle, the effluent creates an acceptable impact on the environmen ...
has operated on Dry Creek since 1979.
See also
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List of rivers of Kentucky
List of rivers in Kentucky (U.S. state).
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. All rivers in Kentucky flow to the Mississippi River, nearly all by virtue o ...
References
Rivers of Boone County, Kentucky
Rivers of Kenton County, Kentucky
Rivers of Kentucky
Tributaries of the Ohio River
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