The Water Quality Department ensures the quality of water discharged by industries into the treatment systems and the quality of the treated wastewater that is returned to the environment. This department also helps HRSD ensure compliance with its environmental permits and leads regulatory advocacy efforts.
The Central Environmental Laboratory Division is staffed to provide quality laboratory tests for internal analysis and regulatory control. Our state-of-the-art Central Environmental Laboratory uses the latest technology to monitor treatment processes, industrial discharges into our system and local waterways. The department’s Municipal Assistance Program performs environmental monitoring and analytical services at cost for government agencies throughout Virginia.
Ensuring industrial permit compliance according to regulations, the Pretreatment and Pollution Prevention Division monitors wastewater through toxic and surcharge surveys and sampling. They conduct regular inspections at industrial sites, issue permits to new industries and investigate violations.
The Technical Services Division oversees a number of environmental issues, including environmental monitoring programs, and performs all reporting required by our permits.
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HRSD has a multi-faceted approach to managing PFAS that is centered around reducing sources of PFAS to our treatment plants, implementing technologies that can remove PFAS from SWIFT water, and fostering PFAS research. To learn more please visit HRSD's Approach to Managing PFAS.
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HRSD is monitoring raw wastewater for genetic targets indicating the presence of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus causing COVID-19), influenza A, influenza B, and monkeypox. Wastewater surveillance of these targets can provide human infection rate and trend information for the population of Hampton Roads served by HRSD facilities. The tests being used in this study are not capable of measuring the potential for infection – they only allow for the identification of areas where populations may be experiencing the effects of one or more of these viruses.
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