Click on map for larger image. Source: From the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality's 2012 Water Quality Assessment Annual Report.
Virginia’s waters aren’t necessarily getting more polluted, but the Department of Environmental Quality is doing a better job of sampling Virginia’s rivers and streams, with the result that more dirty stretches of waterway are being found. This map shows the varying water quality across the state. Not much of it is pristine. Read the report.
— JAB
