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Fairfax County, Virginia

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703-324-5500
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12000 Government Center Parkway
Suite 449, Fairfax, Va 22035

Craig Carinci,
Director, Stormwater Planning

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Early Season Guidance for Draining Swimming Pools
- 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.
Public Works Ready and Resilient. National Public Works Week May 15-21, 2022 APWA
Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services Recognizes National Public Works Week with Thousands of Colleagues
- More than 900 employees in the Fairfax County DPWES will join over 30,000 colleagues throughout the U.S. and Canada to recognize National Public Works Week from May 15 through May 21.
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Flood Awareness Week 2022 Recognized in Countywide Cross-Jurisdictional Campaign
- FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. – In the United States flooding is the most common and costly natural disaster and is becoming more frequent with climate change. As we head into the typical rainy season, Fairfax County and Arlington County are teaming up during Flood Awareness Week to get out key messages about the importance of being informed and prepared.

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

OUTREACH 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.

Learn about the environment in Fairfax County. Listen to EnviroPod.

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