Watershed 911
Emergency & Important
Watershed Contacts

STREAM POLLUTION:
- Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, 703-583-3800 or 24-hour hotline: 800-468-8892 or ONLINE REPORT FORM. Call DEQ when you observe suspicious discharges being drained into storm drains/streams, including construction sediment runoff, untreated swimming pool water, and when you observe fish kills.
More at https://www.deq.virginia.gov/get-involved/pollution-response/report-pollution-portal

- Fairfax County Stormwater Planning Division: 703-324-5500 or ONLINE CONTACT FORM

- City of Fairfax: Fire Marshall 703-385-7830 (Business hours), Police 703-385-7924 (After hours)

- Distinguishing natural stream phenomena from pollution https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/publicworks/stormwater/whats-stuff-stream

CONSTRUCTION, EROSION & SILTATION:
- Report if erosion, siltation and other harmful effects of construction activity are observed, such as a silt fence down or with a break. Sediment can quickly smother and destroy the life in a stream. Contact Land Development Services at 703-324-7470 or ONLINE COMPLAINT FORM. (Click the disclaimer to continue to complaint form. If specific address is unknown, use an approximate address and provide specifics in 'Additional Location Details' field.)

- For illegal removal of trees, illegal clearing of land greater than 2500 square feet or illegal dumping of fill material, contact Fairfax County Code Enforcement Division at 703-324-1937 or ONLINE COMPLAINT FORM. (If specific address is unknown, use an approximate address and provide specifics in 'Additional Location Details' field.)

- For erosion along roadsides, such as ditches, call VDOT, 800-367-7623 or ONLINE REQUEST FORM

ILLEGAL DUMPING:
- For dumping in progress contact 911 or Fairfax County Fire and Rescue 703-691-2131.

- For hazardous substances like pesticides and paint, contact Fairfax County Fire and Rescue at 703-691-2131 or ONLINE CONTACT FORM.

- For dumping that may be a health hazard, such as tires with standing water, contact the Health Department, 703-246-2411 or ONLINE COMPLAINT FORM. (If specific address is unknown, use an approximate address and provide specifics in 'Additional Location Details' field.)

STORM DRAINS/SEWERS:
- Storm Drains, Storm Retention Ponds: To report storm drain issues during business hours contact Maintenance & Stormwater Management at 703-877-2800 or STORM DRAIN REPORT FORM More at https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/publicworks/stormwater/storm-drainage-system

- For after-hours storm drain emergencies that are not life threatening, call the 24-hour Wastewater Trouble Response Center at 703-323-1211, and state that you are reporting a storm sewer emergency.

- For sanitary sewer issues, call the Wastewater Collection Division at 703-323-1211/703-239-8444 or by EMAIL.
More at https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/publicworks/wastewater#trouble

- For maintenance of systems in public street rights-of-way (roadside ditches, curb inlets, pipes under the roadway), contact VDOT) at 800-367-7623 or ONLINE REQUEST FORM

ENCROACHMENT ON PARKS:
Homeowners who live next to parks appropriate public property as extensions of their backyards. Report this and other abuses of our parks:
- Fairfax County Parks: 703-324-8594 or PARK FEEDBACK FORM
- City of Fairfax Parks: 703-385-7858 or email parksrec@fairfaxva.gov

Fairfax County interactive park encroachment map. Know your boundaries!
(Select second button on left menu bar of embedded app.)
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/encroachment

DUMPING & JUNK ON PRIVATE PROPERTY:
Fairfax County Department of Code Compliance, 703-324-1300 or ONLINE CONTACT FORM

POLICE:
Fairfax County 703-691-2131, Fairfax City 703-385-7924, Vienna 703-255-6366
Virginia State Police Business hours 703-803-2660 After hours 703-803-0026 Emergency 800-572-4510

FAIRFAX COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL "REPORT A PROBLEM":
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/publicworks/report

Fairfax County Emergency Listings:
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/topics/contact/hotlines-and-emergency-numbers

General Fairfax County Government Contact
703-324-7329 or ONLINE CONTACT FORM

FAIRFAX CITY REPORT ANYTHNG "RESOLVE":
https://www.fairfaxva.gov/government/information-technology/fairfax-city-resolve

POTOMAC RIVERKEEPERS:
To call in backup on any issue, contact Potomac Riverkeepers 202-888-2037 or ONLINE CONTACT FORM

IMPORTANT REFERENCES:

Bay Journal http://www.bayjournal.com/
Conservation Currents https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/soil-water-conservation/conservation-currents-newsletter
Park Authority blog http://ourstoriesandperspectives.com/
Friends of Accotink Creek Allies https://www.accotink.org/AlliedSites.htm

- Safe Disposal of Household Hazardous Waste within Fairfax County: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/publicworks/recycling-trash/hazardous-waste

- DPWES Stream Protection Strategies: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/publicworks/stormwater/stream-protection-strategy-baseline-study

- Fairfax City Environmental Services: https://www.fairfaxva.gov/government/public-works/stormwater-and-floodplain-management/protecting-water-resources/what-citizens-can-do

- Water quality stewardship guide https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/soil-water-conservation/water-quality-stewardship-guide

- Fairfax County Stormwater Information: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpwes/stormwater/

- Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District (NVSWCD): 703-324-1460 http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/nvswcd/

- Conservation Assistance Financial Incentives for Homeowners and Civic Associations: http://www.accotink.org/ConservationAssistance.htm

- Tips on Keeping your Lawn Green and the Chesapeake Bay Clean: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/soil-water-conservation/fall-lawn-care

- Vienna Department of Public Works: https://www.viennava.gov/residents/sustainability/protecting-the-chesapeake-bay

- Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR): http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/

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