Get the Facts

Fact sheets from the Department of Environmental Quality are available as PDF documents on the following topics:

Air

• Landfill Odors
• Air Quality Monitoring
• Improving Air Quality in Virginia
• On-road Vehicle Emissions Monitoring

Waste

• Fill Project Near Narrows in Giles County 
• Landfill Permitting Process In Virginia 
• Plastic Bag Recycling
• Proposed Landfill in Cumberland County
• Virginia's Solid Waste Management Program
• Virginia's Corrective Action Program

Water

• Exceptional State Waters
• Nutrients and the Chesapeake Bay
• Probabilistic Monitoring: Determining the quality of Virginia's waters
• TMDL Program Progress Report
• Wetlands in Virginia
• Virginia water withdrawal reporting regulation 
• Water Reclamation and Reuse

General environmental information

• Recent accomplishments at DEQ
• A Guide for Effective Public Comments
• Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
• Reducing mercury in the environment

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