Fairfax
Fairfax
Fairfax County, an urban county in Norther Virginia, has partnered with the USGS to run an intensive water resources monitoring network. Browse our studies located in the Fairfax urban area below.
Fairfax County Water Resources Monitoring Network
Fairfax County Water Resources Monitoring Network
Visit our Fairfax County urban studies homepage to view the latest studies, data, and publications, access webtools, and more.
Fairfax Water Quality Dashboard
Fairfax Water Quality Dashboard
View realtime data, sampling data, and current conditions for the Fairfax Water Resources Network using our water quality dashboard.
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USGS Publications Summarize Water-Quality Trends and Drivers in Urban Streams After 10 Years of Monitoring in Fairfax County, Virginia
Issue: Degraded water quality and ecology in urban streams has been widely documented, but explanations of changing conditions over time are often unavailable. A 15-year collaborative urban stream monitoring effort between the Fairfax County Stormwater Planning Division and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is ongoing and has begun to shed light on this complex issue. In a new USGS report by...
Fairfax County Water Resources Monitoring Network
In recent years, hundreds of millions of dollars have been invested into the implementation of Best Management Practices in Fairfax County, Virginia, with the goal of improving water quality. Research has demonstrated that best management practices are effective at smaller scales, but less information is available to document the effectiveness of these best management practices at the watershed...