Pet Waste Stations

Get a free pet waste station for your community! Learn more at the Pet Waste Station webpage. Get yours before they're all gone!

Dismal Swamp Project

Hurricane Sandy recovery funds are helping the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lead a water management project in the Great Dismal Swamp. The project is intended to help reduce the impact of floods and wildfire on not only wildlife in the swamp but on Chesapeake communities around the swamp. Learn more.

All About Stormwater

Stormwater Management Division

Learn what Chesapeake is doing in response to federal mandates to clean up the Chesapeake Bay »

Out in the Field

In the Community:

Resources:

Stormwater Roadside Ditch Maintenance Brochure
“After the Storm” Brochure
(Information on Preventing Stormwater Pollution)
Dismal Swamp Canal Study
(Stormwater quantity and quality feasibility study)
Watershed Studies, Reports & Maps

Report It!

If you see a company or citizen dumping an illicit discharge down a catch basin, in a ditch, etc. please report it by calling 757-382-CITY (2489). Provide as much information as possible (license plate of car, what they appear to be dumping, etc.) and a stormwater employee will be dispatched to investigate the situation.