Public Works and Environmental Services

Fairfax County, Virginia

CONTACT INFORMATION: Our administrative 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

703-324-5500
TTY 711

swpdmail@fairfaxcounty.gov

12000 Government Center Parkway
Suite 449, Fairfax, Va 22035

Craig Carinci,
Director, Stormwater Planning

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Picture - Jib Crane at the Hogge Run to Lift the Pumps

Department of Public Works and Environmental Services Leads APWA Awards with Wins in 8 Major Categories

February 9, 2021 - The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the American Public Works Association (APWA) has announced the winners of its annual Mid-Atlantic Region awards and Fairfax County’s Department of Public Works and Environmental Services (DPWES) is bringing home eight of them, five for Project of the Year and three honorable mentions.

End of Season Guidance for Draining Swimming Pools

August 24, 2020 - Draining swimming pool water incorrectly may harm aquatic life, flood neighboring properties and violate the Stormwater Management Ordinance of the Fairfax County Code. This includes drainage from above ground pools.

At-Home Version of Popular Stream Critter Cube Lab Now Available

May 21, 2020 - With school-aged children out of the classroom, Fairfax County ecologists within the Watershed Education and Outreach (WEO) section of the Stormwater Planning Division have had to get creative. In an effort to continue to inspire students to become environmental stewards and connect them to their local watershed, ecologists have converted their award-winning Stream Critter Cub Lab into a free program that can be done anywhere—no classroom or stream required!

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IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS

Lake Accotink Dredging Project

Hayfield Road Pipe Conveyance Ribbon Cutting

Snakeden Branch at Lake Audubon Stream Restoration Project

Hayfield Farm Stormwater Project to Prevent Flooding

Fair Woods Constructed Wetlands Project

Flatlick Fishing Day 2019

Huntington Levee Ribbon Cutting

POLLUTION PREVENTION

Dog Waste

Don't Let Fats Oils and Grease Close Your Restaurant

How to Report Illegal Dumping into Storm Drains and Streams

Please Don't Litter

Stop Bagging Our Streams

OUREACH AND EDUCATION

Water’s Journey in Fairfax County

Introducing Fairfax County’s Freshwater Ecologists

Revitilize, Restore, Replant

Stormy the Raindrop

Stream Crime Investigation Lab

Stormwater Management Videos

EnviroPod episode 19 features Shannon Curtis, Chief, Watershed Assessment Branch, and Host Scott Coco talking about human activity on the land and how that affects stream and watershed health. Curtis also discusses the Bandalong trash trap that was recently installed in Little Hunting Creek that is successfully capturing floating trash. Litter is a problem for the critters who live in the streams in Fairfax County.

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