Filterra Bioretention Systems: Products: San Diego Solution

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San Diego Solution: Low Impact Development (LID) stormwater treatment from Filterra Bioretention Systems

With stormwater runoff being a major water quality issue especially in urban areas, stormwater management has increasingly become an important factor in land use planning and development. This is especially true in San Diego County where many of the public storm drains flow directly to the beaches without any form of treatment.

Contaminants such as sediment, pesticides, fertilizers, oils, metals, and bacteria directly impact San Diego’s waterways and beaches. To prevent these pollutants from entering storm drains and ultimately, the beaches, San Diego County is requiring the reduction of pollutant discharges in urban runoff and has created a Low Impact Development (LID) Program to address these concerns.

The goal of the LID Program is to address the quantity and quality of stormwater runoff directly at the site. LID technologies focus on onsite stormwater management, minimizing impervious surfaces and using small, economical landscape features to promote infiltration and evaporation.

Filterra Bioretention Systems meet the intent of the San Diego LID Handbook by combining landscape vegetation and specially designed filter media that allows target pollutants to be removed naturally. Filterra Systems offer a small footprint for highly urban areas, and provide a cost effective solution for sites of every size.

Selecting the Right Plant

Filterra provides you with a targeted plant list that addresses factors such as sun exposure, hardy range, plant spread and height so you can select the best plant for your local area. View suitable plants by selecting the list relative to your project location’s hardy zone. For information about how the plants enhance pollutant removal, click here.

This information was condensed from County of San Diego Low Impact Development Handbook—Stormwater Management Strategies dated December 31, 2007.