Welcome! The Northern Virginia Clean Water Partners work to ensure that current and future generations of Northern Virginia residents will enjoy spending time together along beautiful lakes and streams. Also, we want you to enjoy peace of mind as you drink and cook with local tapwater.

Dog &^%$#@! is full of germs that breed in water and cause disease. So pick the stuff up and put it in the trash -- before the next rainstorm washes it down the drain and into the creek. Learn more

Applying too much fertilizer to the yard is a rookie mistake. Yard experts test their soil before fertilizing. And they fertilize in September or October, so the spring rains don't wash their money and hard work down the drain and into the local creek. Learn more

Recycle your used motor oil properly.Just a little bit of oil can pollute a lot of water. That's why you will pay a big fine if you get caught dumping oil down a storm drain. Learn more

"Only rain down the storm drain", That's the motto of the Northern Virginia Clean Water Partners. Our goal -- cleaner streams for our residents and a healthier Chespeake Bay for all.