Rivanna Conservation Alliance publishes 2021 water quality report
The Rivanna Conservation Alliance has issued its annual stream health report based on water quality monitoring from 2018 through 2021….
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Virginia’s Coastal Resilience Master Plan is available for review, implementation
The Commonwealth now has a plan in place to address sea rise and other hydrological issues caused by a changing global…
Latest RGGI auction brings in $85.6M in funding for Virginia
The latest auction of carbon emission credits held by the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) will result in Virginia receiving another…
Biden signs first of two national infrastructure packages
President Joe Biden has signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which will likely change the landscape for the way…
PFAS levels can be monitored through wastewater pretreatment program
Before the passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972, it would be commonplace for factories to discharge pollutants into rivers and…
Harmful algae bloom at Chris Greene Lake
An algae bloom at Chris Greene Lake Park has caused Albemarle County to post an advisory closing the waterway to people…
Charlottesville awarded $153K for flood study from RGGI funds
Earlier this year, Virginia joined the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a multi-state program that places caps on the amount of…
RCA grades health of the Rivanna River
If our collective efforts to guard the health of the Rivanna River were graded, we’re doing about average. The Rivanna…
Charlottesville PC reviews Urban Rivanna Corridor Plan
(This article originally appeared in the August 17, 2021 edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement) The Rivanna River serves as the…
Listen to the Rivanna River Renaissance Conference
On September 29, the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission held the latest in a series of conferences about the Rivanna…