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Virginia is one of the most vulnerable states when it comes to climate change. Higher sea levels and heavier rainfall events are already impacting coastal communities and the Hampton Roads region is experiencing the highest rate of sea level rise on the east coast. The coastal community has been actively developing mitigation strategies and working […]
Finding a way to implement high-level climate change planning to everyday implementation at the municipal level is a multi-faceted and, at times, frustrating issue. Creating a framework to make these plans a reality has never been more important in light of the need for more resilient stormwater infrastructure. Each time the United Nations (UN) conference […]
Despite increasing numbers of best management practices (BMPs) being installed on agricultural landscapes and billions of dollars spent on BMP programs, stream health continues to decline in Virginia due to agricultural nonpoint-source pollution. The efficacy of BMPs for restoring stream health is influenced by a complex suite of biophysical factors and is ultimately constrained by […]
For this 10-year master plan, Daniel and the AMT team provided a GIS database approach to determine optimal stormwater maintenance facility locations and eroded stream valleys in need of restoration. These databases included (1) 400 culverts with descriptions; (2) a breakdown of watershed features over 40 different subbasins; (3) 100 individual homeowner concerns, broken down […]
As climate change, severe weather and Chesapeake Bay water quality standards increase in Virginia, stream restoration has been applied by localities, communities and environmental programs to meet ecological, mitigation and stormwater management goals. Stream restoration can be like open heart surgery to an ecosystem – intense, costly, yet potentially life-saving. Therefore, the proper selection of […]
Virginia Beach, like many coastal communities, is experiencing more frequent flooding due to sea level rise, increased storm intensity, and aging infrastructure. These issues coupled with tidal impacts and low elevations have resulted in severe flooding in portions of the City. As a result, the City embarked upon an extensive, multi-year flood mitigation improvement program. […]
The frequency and severity of storms in the Virginia Beach area has increased significantly. Of the 18 coastal storms of record in Virginia Beach, 12 have occurred in the last 25 years. During one 6-week period in 2016, Virginia Beach experienced 35-inches of rainfall from three storms, or more than two-thirds of the average annual […]
The Chesapeake Bay Program, through its Maintain Healthy Watersheds Goal Implementation Team, works with state partners towards a goal of maintaining the long-term health of watersheds identified as healthy by each of the individual jurisdictions. Quantitative indicators are important to assess current watershed condition, track future condition, and assess the vulnerability of healthy watersheds to […]
Due to the increasing cost of stormwater treatment, the City of Virginia Beach Department of Public Utilities (City) evaluated the requirements for developing a nutrient offset program. When a stormwater management facility (SWMF) can be incorporated into a site design, it typically comes at a significant cost. Creating regional SWMFs to offset the City’s facility […]
A rising concern to lake and reservoir water quality is pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), which are increasingly ubiquitous in the environment. Many studies have examined the introduction of PPCPs to freshwater ecosystems through wastewater treatment, but less is known about how direct human interactions, such as swimming, may influence PPCP concentrations. We sampled […]
The Virginia Lakes and Watershed Association is a volunteer organization and its mission is to provide education on water resources in Virginia.
