This storm drain a Coliseum Drive is part of the Hampton Roads Regional Water Quality Monitoring Program.
Aaron J. Porter
Aaron Porter is a hydrologist and Project Chief at the U.S. Geological Survey's Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center (VA-WV-WSC) in Richmond, VA.
Aaron has been involved in a wide variety of USGS water-resources investigations since 2014. His primary focus has been on utilizing streamflow and continuous water-quality monitoring to improve our understanding of nutrient and sediment dynamics in, and loadings from, small urban watersheds. Aaron is currently the project chief for the Hampton Roads Regional Stormwater Monitoring Program, Salem Source-Water Monitoring, the VA-WV-WSC demonstation gage at Mechumps Creek, and the project chief for the Fairfax County Water Resources Monitoring Program and the Hampton Roads Regional Water Quality Monitoring Program.
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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...
Source Water Monitoring on the Roanoke River in Salem, Virginia
The Roanoke River is the primary source of the City of Salem's drinking water. Threats to water quality in rivers like the Roanoke have increased in recent years, and water authorities as well as residents are concerned about preventing source water contamination. Realtime water quality monitoring is a valuable tool in alerting water authorities such as Salem Water when there are anomalous...
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...
Hampton Roads Regional Water Quality Monitoring Program
In 2015, the U.S. Geological Survey partnered with the Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) in cooperation with the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission to implement a water-quality monitoring program in six major cities across the Hampton Roads region. This long-term monitoring program consists of a network of 12 water-quality monitoring stations, 2 per jurisdiction, across the cities...
Storm Drain at Coliseum Drive, Hampton Roads
This storm drain a Coliseum Drive is part of the Hampton Roads Regional Water Quality Monitoring Program.
Sonde Cleaning at Rivers Ridge Storm Drain, Hampton Roads
Water quality sondes collect continuous data from stormwater monitoring sites, but can often become fouled with algae, which interferes with the sonde's ability to collect accurate data. To keep these sondes clean between field visits, remote-activated bilge pumps are used to blast the algae from the sondes.
Water quality sondes collect continuous data from stormwater monitoring sites, but can often become fouled with algae, which interferes with the sonde's ability to collect accurate data. To keep these sondes clean between field visits, remote-activated bilge pumps are used to blast the algae from the sondes.
Rivers Ridge Storm Drain
USGS researcher Aaron Porter at the Storm Drain at Rivers Ridge Circle near Newport News, VA monitoring site. Part of the Hampton Roads Regional Water Quality Monitoring Program
USGS researcher Aaron Porter at the Storm Drain at Rivers Ridge Circle near Newport News, VA monitoring site. Part of the Hampton Roads Regional Water Quality Monitoring Program
Stromdrain at Coliseum, Hampton Roads
The interior of the Storm Drain at Coliseum Drive at Hampton, VA. Part of the Hampton Roads Regional Water Quality Monitoring Program.
The interior of the Storm Drain at Coliseum Drive at Hampton, VA. Part of the Hampton Roads Regional Water Quality Monitoring Program.
Measuring streamflow in storm drains in Hampton Roads, Virginia
USGS researchers Aaron Porter and Chelsea Vande Pol use a handheld acoustic doppler velocimeter to measure streamflow in a stormwater drain as a part of the Hampton Roads Regional Water Quality Monitoring Program.
USGS researchers Aaron Porter and Chelsea Vande Pol use a handheld acoustic doppler velocimeter to measure streamflow in a stormwater drain as a part of the Hampton Roads Regional Water Quality Monitoring Program.
Fairfax County Water Resources Monitoring Network Data
Lick Run concrete lined channel
View of the Lick Run concrete lined channel
View of the Lick Run concrete lined channel
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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...Source Water Monitoring on the Roanoke River in Salem, Virginia
The Roanoke River is the primary source of the City of Salem's drinking water. Threats to water quality in rivers like the Roanoke have increased in recent years, and water authorities as well as residents are concerned about preventing source water contamination. Realtime water quality monitoring is a valuable tool in alerting water authorities such as Salem Water when there are anomalous...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...Hampton Roads Regional Water Quality Monitoring Program
In 2015, the U.S. Geological Survey partnered with the Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) in cooperation with the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission to implement a water-quality monitoring program in six major cities across the Hampton Roads region. This long-term monitoring program consists of a network of 12 water-quality monitoring stations, 2 per jurisdiction, across the cities... - Data
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Storm Drain at Coliseum Drive, Hampton Roads
This storm drain a Coliseum Drive is part of the Hampton Roads Regional Water Quality Monitoring Program.
This storm drain a Coliseum Drive is part of the Hampton Roads Regional Water Quality Monitoring Program.
Sonde Cleaning at Rivers Ridge Storm Drain, Hampton RoadsWater quality sondes collect continuous data from stormwater monitoring sites, but can often become fouled with algae, which interferes with the sonde's ability to collect accurate data. To keep these sondes clean between field visits, remote-activated bilge pumps are used to blast the algae from the sondes.
Water quality sondes collect continuous data from stormwater monitoring sites, but can often become fouled with algae, which interferes with the sonde's ability to collect accurate data. To keep these sondes clean between field visits, remote-activated bilge pumps are used to blast the algae from the sondes.
Rivers Ridge Storm DrainUSGS researcher Aaron Porter at the Storm Drain at Rivers Ridge Circle near Newport News, VA monitoring site. Part of the Hampton Roads Regional Water Quality Monitoring Program
USGS researcher Aaron Porter at the Storm Drain at Rivers Ridge Circle near Newport News, VA monitoring site. Part of the Hampton Roads Regional Water Quality Monitoring Program
Stromdrain at Coliseum, Hampton RoadsThe interior of the Storm Drain at Coliseum Drive at Hampton, VA. Part of the Hampton Roads Regional Water Quality Monitoring Program.
The interior of the Storm Drain at Coliseum Drive at Hampton, VA. Part of the Hampton Roads Regional Water Quality Monitoring Program.
Measuring streamflow in storm drains in Hampton Roads, VirginiaUSGS researchers Aaron Porter and Chelsea Vande Pol use a handheld acoustic doppler velocimeter to measure streamflow in a stormwater drain as a part of the Hampton Roads Regional Water Quality Monitoring Program.
USGS researchers Aaron Porter and Chelsea Vande Pol use a handheld acoustic doppler velocimeter to measure streamflow in a stormwater drain as a part of the Hampton Roads Regional Water Quality Monitoring Program.
Fairfax County Water Resources Monitoring Network Data
Lick Run concrete lined channelView of the Lick Run concrete lined channel
View of the Lick Run concrete lined channel
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