Watershed Restoration

Building a Cleaner James River

In spring 2006 JRA teamed up with Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Virginia and Virginia Tech in an effort to protect and conserve water quality through the evaluation of local development codes and ordinances. Forty-two counties and 14 cities within the James River watershed were analyzed using the Code and Ordinance Worksheet (COW) developed by the Center for Watershed Protection.

The results were reported back to JRA in a narrative report that included an overall score for each locality as well as recommendations to promote Better Site Design. The scores for each local government can be found through the link below. Click Here for Local Government Scores and Info.

Final Reports

• Final Recommendations to Goochland Board of Supervisors, September 2007 (PDF, 128 kb)
• Building A Cleaner James River -- Final Report, January 2007 (PDF, 4.1 mb)

Materials from Public Forum (Apr 2006)

• JRA/CWP Intro (PDF, 2.8 mb)
• Student Presentation (PDF, 2 mb)
• Codes and Ordinances Worksheet (PDF, 216 kb)
• Watershed Protection Tools (PDF, 2.6 mb)
• Addenda Worksheet (PDF, 116 kb)
• James City County Consensus (PDF, 916 kb)