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Virginia Conservation Assistance Program

The Virginia Conservation Assistance Program (VCAP) is a program that helps HOAs, individual homeowners, schools, places of worship, and other communities with urban soil erosion and water runoff.​

Application Process

Resources

​Conservation Landscaping

• Conservation Landscaping & Rain Gardens - VCE advice

• Conservation Landscaping - Rainscaping Manual

• The 8 essential elements for conservation landscaping

• *NEW!* VCAP Planting Resources
   

Rain Gardens

• Rain Garden Design and Construction from Fairfax

• Conservation Landscaping & Rain Gardens - VCE advice

• Plant Recommendations for Rain Gardens from Fairfax

• Plants For Shady Rain Gardens from ASWP

• Plants For Sunny Rain Gardens from ASWP

• Rain Gardens Shrubs Trees from ASWP

• Rain Garden Design from Iowa

• Rain Garden Manual for Homeowners from the Geauga Soil and Water Conservation District

• Size Worksheet for Rain Gardens

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*Contractors

• Contractors List from Fairfax

• Contractors List from StormwaterWise

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Other

• VCAP website

• VCAP Manual

• VCAP Reimbursement Rate Sheet for PY2021

• Prince William County Mapper

• Web Soil Survey

• StreamStats (Watershed Delineation)
  For assistance on how to use StreamStats, please contact Mike Miller at 571-379-7514, conservation@pwswcd.org

• Acknowledgement/Agreement Form

• NRCS Virginia Plant Establishment Guide

• PercTest - RiverSmart Homes PercTest Worksheet
  (use for Infiltration Test)

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*the District cannot recommend specific contractors. If you are a licensed contractor in Northern Virginia and would like to be added or removed from the list(s), please contact us at 571-379-7514, conservation@pwswcd.org

Every Soil and Water Conservation District manages the VCAP program differently. Due to the popularity of the program, our limited staff, and other commitments for the county and state, we can only review a few practices a year. Our application period is open from January 4 - April 30.

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Applications for VCAP for 2021 is now closed for Prince William County residents. Our next application period will be on January 4, 2022. If you want a reminder of our next VCAP application period, please e-mail conservation@pwswcd.org to sign up for our reminder mailing list.

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For applications already submitted for this year

You will be contacted on whether or not your application has been accepted around June-July 2021. Projects that appear to have the most cost-effective solutions and/or a larger impact at solving water quality issues will be given priority for a site visit (not necessarily first come first serve). You do not need to fill out any of the forms below until after we meet with you.

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Please note that we will only be able to choose a couple of applications for site visits and won't be able to see everyone who submits a form. We are thrilled to see so much interest in the VCAP program, but due to limited staff, time, and other obligations for the state and county, we cannot do site visits for everyone.

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Important Note:

If you start/finish a VCAP practice before your application is approved, you may not be eligible for VCAP for that particular practice.

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If you have any questions, please contact Mike Miller at 571-379-7514, conservation@pwswcd.org.

Forms

You do not need to fill out any of the forms below until after we meet with you.

For the most updated forms, click here.

Do not worry about contract numbers; we'll provide that information.

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• Form 1: Application

• Form 2: Job Sheet  We can give you your Hydrologic Unit Code and GPS Coordinates

• Form 3: Landowner Agreement

• Form 4: Transfer of Responsibility

• Form 5: Liability Release (This form is for anyone who is forgoing the use of a Professional Engineer (PE) only for practices that require one. For more complex practices that require a PE stamp, Form 5 will not be applicable. For questions, please contact Mike Miller at 571-379-7514, conservation@pwswcd.org)

• Form 7: Cost-Share Adjustment Request