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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Lake Accotink dredging operations June 21, 2006

Lake Accotink Dredging Public Meetings and Comment Option for Residents

July 27, 2021 - Two meetings are planned to gather public input and present the alternative analysis report to residents regarding the Lake Accotink Dredging Project.

Floodplain Management Plan Progress Report 2021 Available

July 19, 2021 - The Floodplain Management Plan Progress Report, July 2021 is available to the public and media. The progress report is part of the Northern Virginia Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan and is published annually by the staff of the Stormwater Planning Division, Department of Public Works and Environmental Services, Fairfax County.

Benthic Macro Invertebrates from a Fairfax County stream

NACo and BUBBA Awards Presented to the Department of Public works and Environmental Services

June 1, 2021 - Fairfax County, Va. – The National Association of Counties (NACo) has presented the Watershed Education and Outreach (WEO) program with the 2021 Achievement Award for its program “ECO Video Series” in the Children and Youth category. WEO employees, in collaboration with Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), developed the group of video-learning materials on stream ecology and water quality. WEO is in the Department of Public Works and Environmental Services (DPWES) Stormwater Planning Division.

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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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