Surface Water Resources

Recreational Use Of Streams- The Virginia Departments of Health and Environmental Quality urge citizens to use caution and common sense to avoid possible illnesses caused by waterborne organisms.

• Fairfax County's Statement
• Press Release October 16, 1995
• Virginia Health Department Statement

Annual Stream Water Quality Reports-
Past Annual Stream Water Quality Reports (1997 - 2002) may be downloaded as an Adobe Acrobat file. Data files (dbf) of stream sampling results from 1986 to 2002 are available in zipped format. The Health Department water quality sampling program was transferred to the Stream Protection Strategy Program in 2003 as part of the county's water quality strategy. The last year of stream sampling for the Health Department's water quality monitoring program was 2002.

Northern Virginia Soil & Water Conservation District's Web site- Environmental information including the award winning newsletter Conservation Currents. Excellent resource for up to date information and news.

Virginia Water Center-
Publication from the Virginia Water Resources Research Center. Blacksburg, Virginia. Published Bimonthly. Printed copies may be obtained by request in writing to: Virginia Water Resources Research Center
10 Sandy Hall (0444), Blacksburg, Va 24061
Phone: 540-231-5624
e-mail: water@vt.edu
An electronic version of the Virginia Water Central is posted on the Water Centers web site
Back issues of the newsletters are available on the site.