Good air quality is important to everyone living and working in Fairfax County. It enhances the quality of life and preserves the vitality that makes Fairfax County a special place to live and work.
Air quality is a component of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors' Environmental Agenda: Environmental Excellence for Fairfax County: A 20-year Vision (PDF).
In 2005, Fairfax County’s Environmental Coordinating Committee presented an Environmental Improvement Program to support the goals and objectives in the Environmental Agenda and outline strategies to help improve air quality in the area. Find out more about Fairfax County’s Air Quality Management efforts.
Air quality can be affected by a number of factors — hot weather and strong sunlight; car, bus and truck traffic; emissions from power plants and industrial facilities; even ordinary activities such as lawn-mowing and using cleaning supplies and paints that are not environmentally friendly. Find out how you can do your share for clean air.
Air Quality Index
- AQI Forecast - Local
- AQI Forecast - Virginia
- AQI Forecast - National
- Air Quality Action
- Links for Kids
- What is Ozone?
Air Quality Monitoring
- Air Now
- Air Quality Standards
- Annual Summaries for Fairfax County
- Criteria Pollutants
- Indoor Air Quality
- Publications and Resources