Department of Environmental Engineering

Water Quality Reports

These reports present the physical and chemical water quality data collected by the Water Quality Team for the period of January through December of 2002, and 2003. As a component of Chesterfield County's Watershed Assessment and Stream Protection Program (WASP), twenty-six stream sites were investigated monthly to ascertain the general state of water quality throughout the county and to identify streams that may be in need of special protection and/or remediation. Additionally, this initial data will serve as a baseline for future water quality trending throughout the county.

Sites were selected by a careful review of maps produced from the county's Geographic Information System. Streams were selected to represent a variety of sizes and watershed land uses. Additionally, ease of access was an important component of the sites that were chosen. Following the map analysis, a field survey was conducted in order to verify site locations, accessibility and feasibility. A list of stream sites was finalized and assigned a specific reference identifier consisting of the prefix "WQ" (i.e. water quality) followed by a sequentially increasing number (01 – 26) to differentiate them from other WASP program sites. Twelve of the 26 final sites overlapped with WASP Biomonitoring sites.

Annual Summary of Water Quality Observations in Streams and Rivers of Chesterfield County