Protecting Water Quality in Loudoun
Learn about projects underway to help protect and improve Loudoun's water quality.
As part of a multiyear project to protect and restore water quality in the Goose Creek watershed in Fauquier and Loudoun Counties, PEC recently sponsored a workshop in Leesburg on how to design building sites in ways that are good for water quality.
The Town of Purcellville has donated an easement on 1,271 acres--which includes three springs and a significant portion of a watershed above Purcellville's reservoir. This property is the largest in Loudoun to be protected by a conservation easement.
Fore more than three decades, PEC has contributed significantly to the health of the Chesapeake Bay. View the presentation that details our efforts to protect water resources in Loudoun.
In 2004, PEC initiated a highly successful program in Purcellville, Virginia that fosters watershed stewardship by empowering students to improve local water quality and wetland habitats.
Load reduction goals for developed lands will not be met, as new development is increasing loads faster than restoration efforts can reduce them.
PEC has been working with the Center for Watershed Protection (CWP) and the Town of Leesburg on a project to improve Leesburg's urban watersheds.
Learn how riparian buffers--strips of grass, shrubs and trees along stream and river banks-- protect water resources in this article by Joe Coleman of The Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy.
Watch the new documentary "Poisoned Waters" by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hedrick Smith. The documentary details the perilous condition of waterways like the Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound, and addresses new sources of contamination
PEC and partner organizations are teaming up to plant trees to help protect water quality. This project will also help citizens understand the vital role that trees & shrubs play as natural tools for improving water quality in Leesburg & the Bay.
Wetlands play an essential role in maintaining clean, healthy waterways, reducing the risk of floods and droughts, and providing rich habitat for animals and plants.
Streams and rivers are likely to be healthy when at least 91% of the ground in their watershed remains permeable, allowing soil and plants to filter precipitation.
