Most Fairfax County streams are impaired, county data show. In 2001, 75 percent of the county’s streams were in very poor, poor or fair condition biologically. By 2020, that number has risen to 82 percent. While there is annual and seasonal variability, “Overall there has not been much change that is statistically significant,” Shannon Curtis, Watershed Assessment Branch Chief of Fairfax County’s Stormwater Planning Division told March 12 Green Breakfast attendees. “There is more diversity being observed in our streams, but it’s occurring with organisms that are pollution tolerant,” he added.

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