Introduction

The basic goals for this RFP are to implement appropriate monitoring protocols to document baseline conditions within these restored urban streams, and then to compare these current/initial conditions over time to results from post-restoration/water quality improvement practice implementation and associated monitoring data sets. This work is being conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey.

The primary objectives of this RFP are:

1. To establish at least two years of baseline rainfall, water flow, water quality, and biological stream monitoring data.
2. To continue monitoring these metrics while a range of new projects to improve water quality are implemented throughout the watersheds (expected to be accomplished over a two-year period) through a series of future related RFPs.
3. To further extend the post-implementation monitoring period for two additional years to quantify post-implementation benefits.

Request for Proposals

• Original Request for Proposals: Stream Monitoring, 2020
• RFP Addendum 1
• RFP Addendum 2
• RFP Addendum 3

Amount awarded to date: $1,800,400

Project Web Page, including Real-time Continuous Data Pages for The Glade, Snakeden Branch, and Precipitation Station

Hydrologic, Water-Quality, and Ecological Monitoring and Analysis to Support Stream Restoration Research in Reston, Virginia

Research Reports

• Quarterly Progress Report: 10/1/2020 through 12/31/2020
• Quarterly Progress Report: 1/1/2021 through 3/31/2021
• Quarterly Progress Report: 4/1/2021 through 6/31/2021
• Quarterly Progress Report: 7/1/2021 through 9/30/2021
• Quarterly Progress Report: 10/1/2021 through 12/31/2021
• Quarterly Progress Report: 1/1/2022 through 3/31/2022
• Quarterly Progress Report: 4/1/2022 through 6/30/2022
• Quarterly Progress Report: 7/1/2022 through 9/30/2022
• Quarterly Progress Report: 10/1/2022 through 12/31/2022
• Quarterly Progress Report: 1/1/2023 through 3/31/2023
• Quarterly Progress Report: 4/1/2023 through 6/30/2023
• Quarterly Progress Report: 7/1/2023 through 9/30/2023
• Quarterly Progress Report: 10/1/2023 through 12/31/2023
• Quarterly Progress Report: 1/1/2024 through 3/31/2024
• Quarterly Progress Report: 4/1/2024 through 6/31/2024
• Quarterly Progress Report: 7/1/2024 through 9/30/2024
• Quarterly Progress Report: 10/1/2024 through 12/31/2024
• Quarterly Progress Report: 1/1/2025 through 3/31/2025
• Quarterly Progress Report: 4/1/2025 through 6/30/2025
• Quarterly Progress Report: 7/1/2025 through 9/30/2025

Presentations

Science to Support Stream Restoration Research in Reston, Virginia, April 2022, Brendan Foster, USGS.

Science to Support Stream Restoration Research in Reston, Virginia, May 2023, Brendan Foster, USGS.

Wetbud – A Constructed Wetlands Design Tool, Agioutantis, Z., University of Kentucky; W. Daniels, Virginia Tech; S. Stone, WSSI; M. Rolband, RPG. SDIMI 2024. The 11th International Conference on Sustainable Development in the Minerals Industry – SDIMI held in Torino, Italy, July 9-11, 2024.

Science to Support Stream Restoration Research in Reston, Virginia,
May 2024, Brendan Foster, USGS.

Science to Support Stream Restoration Research in Reston, Virginia,
May 2025, Brendan Foster, USGS.

This information is preliminary and is subject to revision. It is being provided to meet the need for timely best science. The information is provided on the condition that neither the U.S. Geological Survey nor the U.S. Government shall be held liable for any damages resulting from the authorized or unauthorized use of the information.
May 2024

 

USGS Data Release

Benthic macroinvertebrate, fish, and physical habitat data for selected streams in Reston, Virginia. Foster, B.M.., Witt, J.W., and Chambers, D.B., 2022.

Monitoring Site Photos