Click on the fact sheet links below to read about stormwater best management practices (BMPs) basics: how they work and how they should be maintained.

These BMPs improve water quality and/or prevent erosion and flooding, and they are required to be installed during land development under the Stormwater Management Ordinance, Chapter 124 of the County Code as well as the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Virginia Stormwater Management Program.

Bioretention Practices: Basins and Filters

Filtering Practices

Filter Strips and Sheet Flow Practices

Infiltration Practices

Open Space — Meadows

Open Space — Reforestation

Permeable Pavement

Rainwater Harvesting

Soil Compost Amendments

Tree Box Filters

Vegetated Roofs

Vegetated Swales

Wet and Dry Stormwater Management Ponds

Wet Swales

 

 

For additional information, please email the Maintenance and Stormwater Management Division or call 703-877-2800, TTY 711.