Public Works and Environmental Services

CONTACT INFORMATION: Our offices are open to the public by appointment only at this time. Please call or email 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
703-324-5033 TTY 711
12000 Government Center Parkway
Suite 448 Fairfax, VA 22035
Christopher S. Herrington
Director

Water Resources and Infrastructure News, Videos and Podcasts

Trees at Burke Lake Park in Fairfax County, Virginia. Photo by Glenna Tinney
- It’s that time of year! The Fairfax County Tree Commission is announcing that nominations for its 2024-2025 Friends of Trees Awards are now open and will close on July 31.
FFX RLAA Report front page
- FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. – Thanks in large part to targeted acquisitions and planned demolitions along Barrett Road, Fairfax County has achieved a major milestone in its flood mitigation efforts with the full mitigation of all FEMA-designated Severe Repetitive Loss (SRL) properties.
Woolly photo
- FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. – A grant valued at $12,353 has been awarded to the DPWES Urban and Community Forestry Division (UCFD) to help manage the invasive tree-of-heaven on county-owned land, and hemlock wooly adelgid at Scott’s Run Nature Preserve and NOVA Park properties in the southern part of the county.

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